Avery's senior year is turned upside down when a kiss with her older brothers' best friend ignites a forbidden relationship tangled in danger, heartbreak, and family secrets that could destroy everything. *** "Aiden..." I shake my head, eyes fixed anywhere but the gorgeous man next to me. His hand grips my chin tightly, just enough to make me avert my eyes to his. "You know you want this as much as I fucking do. I want you to be mine. I want to be the one to hold you and kiss you the one you go to whenever you're happy or fucking sad. But let it be me, let me fucking show you that it should be me." He glares, jaw tensing. ...... ©hessaherophinelove

At seventeen, Shiri Sharma made one mistake she fell for the one person she was never supposed to. Her teacher. Five years later, fate has a sick sense of humor. Same man same office except darker now, colder, carrying wounds she knows nothing about. But the way he looks at her? That's new. She thought distance would kill what she felt. She was wrong. And now with every stolen glance, every accidental touch, every moment the air between them gets too thick to breathe She is starting to wonder if fate brought them together to finally give her what she always wanted. Or to destroy her completely. Some love stories are beautiful. Some are dangerous. This one is both.