Collateral Hearts (formerly "My Bestfriend's Dad")
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Last published Tue, Jul 1, 2025
Crystal "Cece" Stone has everything on paper: money, her own apartment, a degree nearly in hand, and a cat who bosses her around. But after losing her father, nothing feels secure. Her mother wanders the world in mourning. Her brother shoulders the family legacy while sending her a monthly stipend she doesn't need-but can't refuse. Cece tells herself she's independent. She's fine. She's just finishing college to keep a promise.
Then there's Professor Michael Knight: newly hired, charming, and entirely off-limits. The elective literature class she needs for credit becomes the only thing keeping her engaged. Their chemistry is undeniable, despite the lines neither of them should cross.
But when Kelly, Cece's lifelong best friend and honorary little sister, shows up unannounced and calls Michael "Dad," the world Cece built for herself collapses.
Cece isn't just falling for her professor. She's about to betray the only person she's ever felt truly responsible for protecting.
Now, Cece has to choose between the man who sees her for who she really is and the girl who always believed she was someone worth looking up to.
Love was never supposed to be this complicated. But the heart doesn't respect boundaries.
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