Finding Sunshine

An age gap love story.

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Money was never the problem. At nineteen, I had everything most people only dream about, wealth, freedom, a name that opened doors. So when I moved to Mexico for my internship, I thought it would just be another adventure. A change of scenery, maybe.

And then he came. . .

Mr. Grey Martinez. My enigmatic, brooding roommate. The man who turned my carefully built world upside down without even trying.

Suddenly it wasn't about the sun-drenched streets of Mexico, the food, the language I was still learning, or the thrill of being somewhere entirely new. It was about him, his silence, his calm, the way his presence filled our apartment.

Him.

He was older, unreadable, dangerous in ways I couldn't yet name. I told myself I could resist. That I wouldn't let my heart get tangled where it didn't belong. But lies are easy and living with him wasn't.

And his eyes, icy blue, impossible to look away from, like the sunshine in my grey sky. The kind of eyes that could see straight through my defenses, and maybe even unravel the secrets I'd fought to keep hidden.

So when this case found me, when my work pulled me into secrets that pressed too close to his own.

It changed everything!