Editing Christopher

"You're going to regret calling me," Chris whispered, his breath warm against my ear.

"I already do," I managed, my voice a shaky thread.

He leaned in, slowly, deliberately, until his chest was flush against mine. I watched his dark gaze drop to my mouth, and I tilted my chin up, my heart hammering a desperate rhythm against my ribs.

Our breaths mingled, thick and electric.

Then, with a low, ragged sound that was swallowed by the dark, he pulled back. His chest rose and fell once, sharply.

He didn't look at me again. He simply dropped his hand, turned, and walked away without a word, leaving me gasping for air against my own locked door.

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As an Editor-in-Chief in a top magazine Company, Darnia willow has worked hard to leave her awkward teenage years behind. But a weekend trip to her parents' house unearths the one past mistake she can't seem to delete

Christopher Haynes.

Chris is her brother's best friend, a superstar basketball player, and the definition of "trouble." He's arrogant, infuriatingly charming, and the only person who knows exactly how to push her buttons. Their shared history is tangled in a painful "incident" that turned their childhood friendship into a cold war of snarky insults and icy glares.

But what starts as a chaotic weekend collision doesn't end when they pack their bags.

Back in the city, their worlds continue to collide. Between high-profile events, family obligations, and late-night rescues, Darnia finds that escaping Chris is impossible. And as the bickering turns into banter and the hostility melts into heat, the lines between "enemy" and "something more" blur dangerously.

Darnia has spent years rewriting her narrative to exclude him. But as she peels back the layers of the man behind the jersey, she realizes that the best stories are the ones you never planned for. Now, she just has to decide if letting Chris back in is a plot twist worth the risk or a tragedy waiting to happen.