there are people you meet, and there are people your life seems to have been quietly moving toward.

~ Three years later ~ A shared past. A complicated present. And a connection that refuses to fade.

Olandria Carthen has always been protected by the people who love her most. Raised by her father, grandfather, and older brothers after losing her mother at six years old, she's spent her entire life surrounded by family, structure, and expectations. Moving to Jacksonville for a new job is supposed to be simple. A fresh start. A chance to finally figure out who she is outside of being someone's little sister. Then there's Nic Vansteenberghe. Her brother Omari's best friend is guarded, emotionally unavailable, and dealing with heartbreak he refuses to talk about. But the more time they spend together, the harder it becomes to ignore the connection growing between them. Because some lines were never meant to be crossed. And some people become impossible to walk away from.

They were never supposed to work. Olandria doesn't do messy. Nic doesn't do rules. But when you're forced to share a space, lines blur... boundaries shift... and tension turns into something neither of them planned for. And the worst part? They might not want it to stop.

She doesn't believe in chasing love. Not when it never seems to stay. Olandria has built a life she's proud of-her boutique, her clients, her independence. She knows her worth. So when every man she meets disappears without explanation, she tells herself it doesn't matter. Until it starts to. Nic Vansteenberghe doesn't do relationships. He does control, business, and keeping things exactly where he wants them. So when a high-stakes deal depends on him having a stable girlfriend, he needs a solution-and fast. Olandria needs a fake boyfriend. Nic needs a perfect image. It should be simple. It isn't. Because the one man who keeps interfering in her life... is the same one who's been making sure no one else ever gets the chance. And the worst part? She doesn't even know she was already his.

Olandria and Nic navigate their life together after the villa. For them, leaving Love Island meant walking into whole new types of everyday challenges-- the real world.

A one night stand that turns into something else

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Under His Roof Nic built a life without attachments, moving from city to city for three years, never staying long enough for anything to matter. But just as he decides he's ready to settle, his past catches up with him in the form of a truth he can't ignore he has children. Determined to find them, Nic follows a trail that leads him to Olandria, the woman who has been raising them as her own. For two years, she has built a stable, loving life for the twins, and she has no intention of letting a man with power and money take that away. But Nic isn't used to losing control, and he isn't walking away from what's his. Forced into the same space, their worlds collide her determination against his authority, her love against his claim and as boundaries blur and tensions rise, one thing becomes clear: This isn't just about the children anymore