Sometimes the person you hate most is the one who knows your heart best. Maverick Zachary thought rock bottom was behind him. Then came the divorce, the job loss, and the empty bank account. With nowhere else to go, he crashes at his sister's house, hoping for a quiet place to rebuild. What he doesn't expect is Asher Harrison. The man he once knew. The man he swore he hated. Old wounds resurface. Tension crackles. And despite Maverick's best efforts, Asher is impossible to ignore. Hate has a strange way of unraveling, especially when it was always a shield for something far more dangerous: the truth.