Ruin Me Slowly, Daddy~~
.“You should not look at me like that.”Kate turns, slow, heat sliding under her skin.
“Like what.”
“Like you already know how this ends.” Her breath stutters.
“Then stop standing so close.”
“I cannot,” Nathan says.
“And you should walk away.” Neither of them moves.
Kate Brown lives by rules her mother carved into her bones. Be polite. Be careful. Never want what you cannot have.
So when she visits her best friend for the holidays, she expects noise, comfort, safety. She does not expect Nathan Reid.
Her best friend’s father. Older. Calm. Watching her like he sees straight through the good girl mask she wears so well.
Their first meeting lingers long after the night ends. It stea