The night Lauren needed her husband to save her life, she found him in bed with her best friend. Jack Roland once loved his childhood sweetheart without question. Then his mother convinced him Lauren had betrayed him, and love turned into cruelty. Sick, abandoned, and divorced, Lauren loses everything until an accident reveals the secret she never knew she carried: Jack's twins. Now William Roland, Jack's powerful, divorced father, the man who raised him, has become her protector. He knows she should be off-limits. She knows loving another Roland could destroy her all over again. But protection becomes proximity. Proximity becomes want. And want becomes a love neither of them can confess without tearing the family apart. When Jack finally learns the truth, will he fight to win back the wife he threw away — or watch her become the one woman his own father refuses to let go?

The night Lauren needed her husband to save her life, she found him in bed with her best friend. Jack Roland once loved his childhood sweetheart. But after his mother convinces him Lauren betrayed him, love turns to hatred. Sick, abandoned, and divorced, Lauren loses everything until an accident reveals the secret she never knew she carried: Jack’s twins. Then William Roland, Jack’s powerful, divorced father, becomes Lauren’s protector. He knows she should be off-limits. She knows loving another Roland could destroy her all over again. But proximity becomes temptation. Protection becomes desire. And desire becomes a love neither of them can confess without tearing the family apart. When Jack discovers the truth behind Lauren’s betrayal, will he fight for the wife he discarded or watch her become the forbidden woman his own father refuses to lose?