All Chapters of Off limits: Falling For My Brother's Best friend : Chapter 1 - Chapter 5

Chapter 1Lila’s POVI stared out the window as the winding road carried us toward our summer house in South Carolina.We came here every year, but this time it was different—no parents. Mom and Dad were away on a long business trip, and instead of canceling the vacation, they left my older brother in charge, convinced we were responsible enough to handle ourselves.I would turn eighteen in a few days, yet the usual excitement never showed up.Because he wouldn’t be here.Roman Cole. My brother’s best friend.Five years had passed since the last time I saw him—since he packed a bag and left without even a goodbye. For as long as I could remember he had been a constant in my life, always teasing, always pushing buttons.He left when he was eighteen. I was thirteen, still flat-chested, silver braces on my teeth, thick glasses sliding down my nose.To everyone else he was the classic bad boy—arrogant, covered in ink, reckless, and dangerously attractive.But to me he was also the boy who

Chapter 3Lila’s POVI woke up the next morning with a splitting headache, my mouth dry as sandpaper, and my stomach rolling with regret.I couldn’t even remember how I got into bed. Last night was a blur.All I could recall was getting ready for the party, the burn of beer sliding down my throat… and Roman.My eyes flew open as a flashback of Roman kissing me slammed into my mind.I sat up with a gasp, instantly regretting it as pain throbbed through my skull. With a groan I buried my face in the pillow. What had been a hazy memory suddenly became sharp and vivid, like a nightmare I couldn’t shake.Roman’s lips on mine. His firm hands gripping my waist. The heat and rush of that kiss, the hunger, the way it felt like my body no longer belonged to me.No. I shook my head hard. I had to be hallucinating. Roman would never…Another groan slipped out as I tugged at my hair. There was no way he kissed me. It felt too much like a dream, so it *had* to be one. Just a stupid drunk dream and

Chapter 5Lila’s POV“I got into college and you’re buying me a chipotle bowl?” I grumbled, biting into my food. “I promised you a party tomorrow, didn’t I? And you’re the one who insisted on eating here tonight,” Ethan said. I ignored him and focused on the food. Roman sat across from us, elbows on the table, eating slowly and smiling as he watched us bicker. His overgrown brown hair fell slightly into his eyes, and I hated the way my stomach flipped every time he looked up. Chipotle at Berry’s had been a summer tradition for as long as I could remember, and like always the food still hit the same. “I’m glad you’re here,” Ethan said to him, pointing his fork across the table. “I can’t handle her anymore. Her mouth only gets sharper the older she gets.” I rolled my eyes at my brother and shoved another bite into my mouth. “Don’t blame me for speaking the truth,” I muttered. “You lost the bet and you’re buying me food. You’re so cheap, Ethan.” Ethan had bet that I would