Annabelle hadn't wanted to burn the restaurant down initially.
In all honesty, she had been in a good mood. The food smelled great, the weather was perfect, and the boy she had met on Tinder looked like an absolute snack in all his pictures.
But then, he rocked up to the date half an hour late, without an apology. Worse yet, he didn't look anything like his Tinder photos.
In fact, he looked old enough to be her uncle.
Still, she has to admit that, while her date sucks, the food is tasty. Plus, the waiter is also pretty cute.
Besides, when that same waiter offers her a hand in serving some revenge to her catfishing date, Annabelle just can't say no.
Does this charming waiter spell trouble? Possibly.
But, surely, once revenge is served cold, there is always room for dessert, hey?
A delayed flight.
A stranger at a hotel bar.
A one night stand.
Stranded in New York for an extra night than planned due to a delayed flight, I needed to find a way to keep myself occupied, and I soon found that something. It was easy enough when the handsome stranger introduced himself to me as Kade. It has been a while since I have had a hot one-night stand, and he reminds me how fun it can be. There are no questions, expectations or reasons to see one another again.
What I don't expect is our night together to come around and bite me in the ass. When I arrive at a family dinner with my parents and two older sisters to celebrate my return home to Scotland, he is sitting right there with them. Not only is he my father's new business partner, but he is my sister's blind date set up by my parents. We pretend to be strangers because things would become complicated if we didn't.
No one ever needs to know about what happened between us. My dad would freak out if he found out about us because he is overly protective of me as the youngest, and with the age gap between Kade and me, my father wouldn't approve. My relationship with my older sister is already strained; I don't need to make things worse between us. Even though he doesn't seem interested in her and he tries his best to show that it could still make all hell break lose. My sister hates losing. She always gets what she wants.
I should stay away from him, but it is easier said than done with the tension and chemistry between us, and we struggle to fight against it. No matter what happens, it needs to be our secret to keep.