𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝟮 𝗼𝗳 "𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙁𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨" 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀. ​He was her brother's best friend... cold, arrogant, and completely off-limits. They spent years hiding behind sharp words and constant bickering, until one breathless night, the friction finally caught fire. ​The arrangement was supposed to be simple: just bodies, no strings attached. ​He warned her that once they crossed that line, there was no going back. He demanded all of her, and no matter how hard she fought the heavy attraction, she was already drowning in it. He fell first, but she fell so much harder. ​But just as the fire between them became too hot to ignore, she did the unthinkable. She walked away, put on a white dress, and married another man. ​Now, he is left in the absolute wreckage of a betrayal he never saw coming. They are trapped in a suffocating silence heavy with secrets, anger, and a furious, agonizing longing. He thinks it's over. He thinks she ruined them. But some fires never actually go out... they just wait in the dark. _________________________________________ 𝘼𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙫 𝙍𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙩 ​Cold, fiercely possessive, and completely unraveled by his best friend's little sister. 𝙅𝙚𝙚𝙫𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙝𝙞 𝙈𝙖𝙡𝙝𝙤𝙩𝙧𝙖 ​Sharp-tongued and independent. She thought she could handle a no-strings game with him, only to realize her body belonged to him long before she wore another man's ring.