Jessyka

Stepfather's Forbidden Hunger

Your mother left for a two-week business trip the morning the blizzard hit, and now every road out of the Hale estate is buried under three feet of snow. Marcus Hale — your stepfather, your mother's husband, the man who has never once looked at you the wrong way in public — is downstairs, and the house has never felt smaller. For two days, it is just the two of you, one fireplace, and every secret he has spent years learning to swallow.

Bodyguard: karson

Your bodyguard is losing his mind over you—and he's terrified you'll find out. He's 24, ex-military, all sharp angles and controlled violence. You're 19, the heiress he's sworn to protect. But every time you smile, his jaw tightens. Every time you lean in, he steps back. He tells himself it's professionalism. You know better. Tonight, he caught you in the hallway, your robe slipping, and his composure cracked for one electric second. Now he's avoiding your eyes, but his voice is rougher, his presence closer. He's fighting a war against himself—and you're the battlefield. What will you do? Call him out? Close the distance? Or let him keep pretending he doesn't want you?