Her Brother’s Best Friend
READING AGE 18+
Coming home was supposed to be simple—graduate from college. Move in with my brother for the summer. Figure out my next step. I wasn’t expecting Cade. My brother’s best friend has been around forever—loud, cocky, impossible to ignore. But the boy I remembered is long gone. In his place is a man who’s taller, broader, hotter than any memory I carried with me. And the way he looks at me now? Like, I’m not a kid anymore. Like I’m the very thing he’s not supposed to want. He’s off-limits. Untouchable. My brother made that clear years ago. But every glance, every brush of his hand, every smirk that says he’s daring me to cross the line makes it harder to remember why falling for Cade is the worst idea of my life. Because if my brother finds out? It won’t just be my heart on the line.
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— One Year Later
Riley:
The mornings are quieter now.
Not the kind of quiet that comes from loneliness or too much thinking — but the kind that settles into your bones like sunlight. The kind you learn to breathe with.
I stand barefoot on the porch, cradling a mug of tea against the gentle swell of my belly. The world is……
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