AFFAIR WITH MY STEPFATHERUpdated at Apr 24, 2026, 14:43
Her top was on the kitchen floor.
His shirt was open. His hands were at her back. The rain was loud against the window and there was nothing left between them except the last three years and the breath neither of them was taking.
Then headlights swept across the wall.
Her mother's car.
That was how close it got. That was how far gone they both were — and that was only two weeks after the wedding.
Zara Cole knows exactly what she is doing. She knows Ethan Harlow is her mother's husband. She knows every reason this has to stop. She just can't seem to make herself mean it — and neither, it turns out, can he.
Some things don't stay buried. No matter how many walls you build.