Alvie Monroe has everything a woman could want: a house that gleams like it's never been lived in, a husband whose name opens doors, and days with more hours than she could spend. Her days are quiet, her marriage average, and her reflection a little less familiar each time she looks. In comparison was Atlas Jaxon, with a life so reckless that no one's seen him in years. But when a twist in the family business lands unsolicited responsibility on his shoulders, Atlas does what any self-respecting trust fund disaster would do to save his inheritance: come home and comply. The job? Win over John Monroe. Get his trust. Get his friendship. Get his signature. Don't fuck up. Don't look at his wife, don't think about his wife, and don't ever touch his wife.

𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐣𝐨𝐛. 𝐇𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥. 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐚 𝐃𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 - 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤, 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝. 𝐕𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞́ 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐣𝐨𝐛. 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐨 𝐑𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲'𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐚𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐬. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐭, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲. 𝐄𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐫.