I came home for the summer chasing oblivion, anything to drown this restless itch clawing at my insides.
What I found instead was him-my dad's unbreakable best friend, the one man who's supposed to be off-limits, a fortress of loyalty I never questioned.
Until that sweltering garage, where sweat traced paths down his skin and mine brushed too close, electric with the promise of ruin.
He's always been the steady one, the protector watching over us like we were his own blood.
Gruff words hiding a gaze that strips me bare, turning safety into something savage and sweet.
I tell myself it's just rebellion, a summer fling to shatter my boredom-but his hands on me rewrite every no into a desperate yes, pulling me under in stolen moments amid oil-slicked shadows and secret sheets.
Every glance across the family dinner table drips with our hidden ecstasy, his foot nudging mine under the cloth like a dare.
Whispered promises in that hidden apartment we shouldn't know about, where he murmurs how I'm consuming him, and I laugh it off with sarcasm even as I arch into his touch.
This man, my anchor and my apocalypse, offers the devotion I've secretly craved, wrapped in the thrill of betrayal.
But the town's whispers are sharpening, my dad's eyes lingering too long, and my own reflection cracks under the weight of what we're desecrating.
One wrong move, and his irreplaceable bond with my family shatters-along with the fragile girl I pretend to be.
How long before this forbidden blaze torches us both?
A full-length age gap forbidden taboo secret erotic romance featuring a defiant young woman and her father's protective best friend.
