Rio Mendez has been gone for a while now. Now that he was back, he was about to learn that I wasn't the same bratty little sister who used to tag along with her big brother, doing everything I could to make their lives miserable. Something else he didn't know was just how skilled I'd become when it came to going after what I wanted. And what I wanted more than anything right now was one sexy hunk of prime male, Rio Mendez. Now that he's finally home from his last tour of duty I planned on going after my man. I was done being the shy eighteen year old girl that he'd regrettably kissed. I was over being the little girl he'd taught so well with her first lesson in genuine heart break. Starting today I'm officially a woman on a mission. A mission that I personally deemed as "Operation Attain Rio". Failure was not an option.

Sometimes all you really need is a place to call home. * * * NOTE AS OF 04/2026: This is the old version of the story from 2012. It is currently being reprised, which you can also find under my profile here in wattpad as "5:48 [reprised]"