MasukWe 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’
A flutter goes through me when I read his message, and damn, the fact that Adrian checked up on me just an hour after I got home tells me everything I need to know.I start typing a reply, but I don’t send it. My thumb hovers over the screen as I stare at the words.What am I even supposed to say?
We continue in that same tension and I hate it. Hate that it seems I can never relax around Noah.There was once upon a time when I could. Where I felt so comfortable, so seen, and so taken care of that for a moment I thought things would work out for us. I thought that finally things were falling i
I laugh nervously, the sound too high. “Uh, I just came to see the twins.”Aunt Ava gives me a look so knowing it makes sweat bead between my shoulder blades.“You do realize I know when you’re lying, right?”I swear my soul tries to flee my body. My heartbeat spikes so fast I’m genuinely concerned
SIERRA.I don’t sleep. I think I do, for maybe an hour, but when I wake, it’s with my heart pounding against my ribs and the memory of a hand over my mouth replaying in my head like a glitching film.It’s morning, and soft light filters through the curtains, but my body feels like it hasn’t rested a







