You Stole My Heart

“Isabella, you’re too tempting. I can’t control myself around you. If you think we can just be friends, forget it — that’s not happening. I want you the way you want me, and everything you did today proves you crave me too. Break off your engagement to Alex and be my woman. I promise you won’t regret it. We can be together, for as long as it lasts.” He whispered, his voice low and urgent. His last words shattered the fragile calm around Isabella. She stared at him, confusion and something harder warring on her face. “No. I can’t.” “Can’t or won’t, Isabella.” He cut her off and kissed her, fierce and demanding. Isabella turned down a proposal from her best friend, Alex Waltz — not because she didn’t care for him, but because their relationship had always been platonic. When Alex offered a pragmatic arrangement that suited both their needs, she accepted for reasons she kept to herself. Then Adam, Alex’s business partner, entered their orbit, and Isabella found herself drawn to him in ways she hadn’t expected. Adam, convinced at first that Isabella was after Alex’s money, tries to resist. Her charm proves irresistible, and his attraction deepens into obsession. Complicating matters, Alex’s ex, Gracie, returns claiming to be Adam’s girlfriend, throwing the triangle into chaos. Isabella falls for Adam, but before their feelings can settle, her past returns and she disappears. By the time Adam realizes the depth of his love, she is already gone.