Seraphina Vale never expected to lose her apartment.She expected to find another place, start her new job, and keep her life exactly as it was.Instead, she ends up moving in with Adrian Laurent, her best friend of seven years.Adrian has always been her safe place. The person who remembers how she takes her coffee, knows when she's pretending to be fine, and shows up without being asked. Living together should be temporary. Three months. Nothing more.But sharing a home changes things.Late night conversations become lingering looks. Small acts of kindness begin to feel different. A touch lasts a second too long. And one almost-kiss leaves them both wondering whether their friendship has already crossed a line they can never uncross.Adrian has been secretly in love with Sera for years, but he's terrified that telling her the truth could cost him the one person he can't live without.