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in trouble? Was she supposed to get a ticket after all? Was she not supposed to drive away when she did? She didn’t know the protocol when you’d been given a warning...Wait, she was given a warning, wasn’t she? Fuck.
    She did what she usually did when she was nervous, she talked—fast. “I’m so sorry. Was I not supposed to leave when I did? I thought it was a warning. I didn’t mean to break any laws. Shit. Do I have to turn myself in somewhere or something? I really didn’t mean to be speeding, I’d had a horrible day, and that was just the icing on the cake. Seriously, Officer, I swear I’m not like that usually.”
    “Ma’am—”
    Mackenzie kept talking. “I didn’t think there was a fine with a warning, but I admit I didn’t really look at the paper that closely. I was too relieved I didn’t get an actual ticket and I just stuffed it into my bag and forgot about it. I’d look at it now, but it was in my purse and my stupid nail polish busted open inside my purse and it got all over it and I had to throw it away. Hell, I had to throw away the whole purse because the lining was completely ruined, but I swear—”
    “Ma’am.” The Ranger’s voice was stronger now.
    “Seriously, it was my own fault. I don’t know why I had the stupid nail polish in there in the first place. I’m extremely clumsy and I thought I’d bring it with me and do my nails at lunch, which is stupid, because my nails just break anyway, the polish wouldn’t really do any good, but I thought that maybe I’d make the effort because my mom and brothers have been on me to try harder with my appearance—”
    “Mackenzie, shush for a second.”
    Mackenzie closed her eyes, mortified. Jesus. She’d been going on and on, but she was so nervous. This guy must think she was a complete idiot. “Sorry,” she whispered, waiting to hear what he wanted.
    Mackenzie waited, but the line was silent. She felt sick. “Hello?”
    “I just wanted to make sure you were really going to be quiet and let me talk.” His voice was low, rumbly, and full of humor.
    “Um…”
    He continued, and Mackenzie could tell he was completely amused with her. At least he was amused and not pissed.
    “You’re not in trouble, and it was just a warning. I was there that night when Officer Rockwell pulled you over. I don’t know if you remember me, but I met you briefly at the charity event a couple of weeks ago. I just wanted to check in with you and make sure you were all right after getting pulled over.”
    Mackenzie was stunned into silence, and that was highly unusual for her. Was this really the guy she’d met and lusted over? It couldn’t be. There was no way he wanted to check to make sure she was all right. Something else had to be going on. “You wanted to check to make sure I was all right?” She couldn’t help the question.
    “Yeah.”
    “Uh, why?”
    “Because I was worried about you.”
    “You were worried about me.”
    The man chuckled on the other end of the line. “You gonna repeat everything I say, Mackenzie? Yeah, I was worried about you, but more than that, I wanted to call because I remembered you from the charity event.”
    Mackenzie didn’t really know what to say. This was just so odd. “You said you were a Texas Ranger? You’re not a Highway Patrol officer, right? Why were you there, too?”
    “Officer Rockwell and I were on our way to dinner when you zipped by. We made the stop, then continued on to the restaurant.”
    “Oh my God,” Mackenzie whispered, disconcerted. “He was off duty and had to stop me? And, you were on the way to dinner?”
    Dax was enjoying the hell out of his conversation with Mackenzie. She was incredibly entertaining and just as interesting as she was that night he’d met her. Besides that, he’d never had a conversation like this with a woman before. She zipped from one topic to another without seeming to breathe. “Yeah, I was there.”
    “Okay, that’s it. I’m never driving