Lilah Clemens wouldn't change anything about her life. She might not have had the perfect parents, but her brother, Nelson Clemens was all she needed to have a good time. The two of them had the typical brother-sister relationship, distant in public but close when nobody's around to see it. Lilah's entire world revolved around her brother, him being the one that practically raised her since her parents were always busy. Nelson had the perfect life, good grades, good friends, he even got into his top choice of college.
Or that's what everyone thought.
One night, a tragedy took place as Lilah receives a call from her brother's school. The phone call that brought down her world, sending it tumbling as it crashed into itself. Just when she thought she had heard the last of her brother, something unexpected shows up at her front door. As she opens the package, her eyes begin to tear up as Lilah couldn't take the pain and the agony, her smile forever vanished from her lips.
That is, until her new neighbour moved in, and changed everything.
At the age of twenty, Liam Dupont has too much on his plate. After the death of his parents, he becomes the guardian of his little brother and moves to Paris, determined to start over. His days follow the same pattern - work, gym, home... Until he meets Sky.
Sky Sullivan is hiding lots of secrets behind the cheerful facade of a nineteen-year-old girl. After transferring to a university in the capital of France and renting an apartment she can't afford to pay for, Sky finds herself in desperate need of a roommate.
Liam closed himself off to feelings. Sky has issues of her own. When Liam moves in with Sky, the friendship they form morphs into something much stronger and deeper. Surrendering to the undeniable chemistry between them has never seemed so easy. Giving their love a chance has never been so hard.
Content warning: this story contains on-page depiction of sexual assault, violence and mention of DV that can be disturbing to some readers. Reader discretion is advised