LOGINWe head to the kitchen and the moment we get there, I move to grab a pan, but Adrian gently nudges me toward one of the bar stools."Sit," He commands.“I can help.”“You can supervise,” he says. “Doctor’s orders.”“But I…”He raises a brow. “No buts, just do as I say.”I roll my eyes but take the s
We lie there for a while, and honestly, I’ve never felt this comfortable with any man before.Usually, by now the urge to get away would have already taken over. After anything even remotely intimate, I would feel this overwhelming need for distance. It was almost like my skin would start crawling i
He looks at me for a long moment before everything changes.I scream as one minute I'm on top of him and the next, I’m lying flat on my back.“What are you doing?” I ask, watching him as he hovers above me.“Well, I get where you’re coming from," he answers, “But that doesn’t mean I can’t take care
SIERRA.I wake up to my head and hand resting on warm skin.At first, I think it’s just a dream or maybe my imagination until I feel the steady heartbeat beneath my palm and the slow rise and fall of a chest under my cheek.My eyes flutter open and for a moment, I just lie there, disoriented, trying
The moment I walk inside, I find Mom and Dad are sitting in the living room, exactly where I left them earlier.Mom’s posture is rigid, her arms crossed tightly over her chest. Dad looks calmer, but the tension in his face is impossible to miss.Mom’s eyes snap to me the moment I enter. “Where the h
NOAH.I should have left her alone. I should have given her time to process everything I told her but after how Mom reacted, I just couldn’t.I needed to make sure she was okay. That what Mom said hadn’t gotten to her. I needed to check on her.That’s why I left the twins at my parents’ place. That’
“What has you looking like the devil and the entire hell just paid you a visit?”I look up and find Gunner standing there, arms folded, his sharp eyes cutting right through me.“Nothing,” I mutter before downing the rest of my drink in one go. The burn does nothing to ease the storm inside me.He sl
She wasn’t as little as Nova is now, but even at eleven, it feels far too young to know how to manipulate people. Another reason I was drawn to her was because, like me, she was there on a scholarship. Our school was built for the filthy rich, so finding someone who felt a little like me was comfor
Adrian and I linger at the café longer than I expect. After I tell him about the accident at work, the heaviness hanging between us slowly dissolves when he shifts the conversation to safer ground.It’s comforting. Maybe a bit too comforting. The tight coil in my shoulders loosens, and I catch mysel
The words burn as they leave me, because I know the truth: I’m the one to blame. Brook might have given me the match, but I’m the one that lit it and set things ablazeThe image of the angry red marks staining Sierra’s skin sears through me. Those are my marks, made by hand. Those thoughts, that rea







