When Y/N's parents leave for Europe, she's forced to stay with Frank-their family friend and her father's best friend. Frank has always been off-limits, but something changes between them when they're suddenly living under the same roof. Lingering looks, unexpected moments, and a tension neither of them wants to acknowledge begin blurring the line between what's innocent and what isn't. But Frank is hiding things. Secrets about his past, his bruised knuckles, and the life he keeps carefully hidden from everyone-including Y/N. The closer she gets to him, the more she realizes she may not know the man she's falling for at all.

She was never supposed to fall for him. He was older, untouchable, and, worst of all, her father's best friend. For years, he had been nothing more than a familiar face in her father's world. Someone she trusted. Someone she was never meant to see differently. But somewhere between lingering glances, quiet conversations, and feelings neither of them dared to name, the line between forbidden and inevitable began to disappear. They know they shouldn't. They know they can't. But maybe they can try.

Mr Jacob's was my dads best friend. He was forbidden. Older. I couldn't like him. Yet he was all I ever thought about. All I ever craved. I needed him. Please be aware there will be dark themes in this book , that some people could find triggering. This is also a slow burn. Starting where willow is only 12 years old , I wanted to show flashbacks of willow growing up alongside Quinn as a family friend. Absolutely NO romantic/ intimate dynamics take place until the fmc is 18/19 years old.