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Twenty-year-old Charlie Spring's life is a whirlwind of scraped knees, bedtime stories, and the beautiful, chaotic symphony of raising four young children. There's Alice, his thoughtful five-year-old, the boisterous four-year-old twins, Oscar and Olivia, and little Leo, a curious three-year-old whose father remains a painful mystery. Charlie loves them fiercely, but their existence is a meticulously guarded secret, especially from the world outside his small flat.
For five months, Charlie has been secretly dating Nick Nelson, his first love, the boy who once helped him piece himself back together. Nick, now twenty-one, is still the kind, warm presence Charlie remembers, and their rekindled romance is everything Charlie ever dreamed of. But the shadows of his past, particularly the trauma linked to the twins' father, Ben Hope, and the gnawing uncertainty of Leo's paternity, make him terrified to reveal the truth.
As Charlie navigates the daily demands of single parenthood and the exhilarating, yet terrifying, new chapter with Nick, the walls he's built around his life begin to crack. How long can he keep his two worlds separate? And when they inevitably collide, will the love he shares with Nick be strong enough to withstand the truth, or will Charlie's carefully constructed life crumble around him?