I have been in love with Damien Vale for as long as I can remember. He is my father's closest friend. My guardian. The one man who was never supposed to be anything more than that. Damien has always been hard to read, controlled, powerful, and completely out of reach. He has always looked at me like I am still the little girl he was trusted to protect, even when one glance from him is enough to make my heart forget how to beat properly. So when my parents leave the country and hand him responsibility over me, I convince myself I can handle it. A few months under his roof. That is all. I was wrong. Because the man behind the expensive suits and the calm, unreadable expression is something else entirely. He watches me too closely. Touches my shoulder too carefully. Looks at me sometimes like he is fighting something he refuses to say out loud. The longer we live under the same roof, the harder it becomes to pretend there is nothing between us. But wanting Damien Vale comes with a cost I am not sure I can pay. It could break my family apart. It could destroy the loyalty he has carried for years. It could cost us both the only life we have ever known. The problem is, I am starting to think he wants me to. And that makes everything so much more dangerous.