Page 114 of Vicious Temptation

In reality, I was pissed the fuck off.

“That intake officer was a total bitch,” I say with a grin. “So I did what I had to do. Though I never thought that’d be the shot they’d go with.”

“Are you kidding?” Valentina gasps. “This is the most you mugshot I’ve ever seen. We need to put this on a T-shirt.”

“Hey, it’s the only one you’ll ever see again. And don’t you dare.”

“That’s exactly what someone headed for another mugshot would say.”

I lunge for her phone. “Valentina.”

She shrieks and jumps backward, holding it above her head. “I’m making it my lock screen.”

“No!”

“Christmas cards.”

“Absolutely not.”

“A life-size cutout.”

“I will push you down a flight of stairs.”

She doubles over laughing, stumbles into the hall, then tosses herself onto my bed. “Rem, these comments are gold.”

“Do I even want to know?”

“Probably not, but I’m going to read them to you anyway.”

I roll my eyes and head into my closet, where I pull open a drawer, drop my towel, and grab a pair of black underwear.

“The classic, I can fix her,” she says as I step into them. “‘Respectfully, I’d let her ruin my life.’”

“God, people are weird.”

“Oh, it gets better.” She clears her throat dramatically. “‘Your Honor, she was framed.’”

“Tell that to the twelve cops who chased me across the fucking city.”

“Still not funny, Rem.”

“What? I’m not laughing.”

“You’re smirking.”

“That’s different.”

She rolls her eyes and looks back at her phone. “‘I don’t know what she did, but I support women’s rights and women’s wrongs.’”

I snort as I pull on my jeans. “Okay, that one’s funny.”

“I knew you’d like it.” She scrolls farther. “‘She looks like she carries a knife and has no patience for stupid people.’”

“Accurate.”

“‘This isn’t a mugshot. It’s an album cover.’”

“Also accurate.”