Too Close to Sinn

He was never meant to look at her that way.
She was never meant to notice.

Malik Hayes had been part of Heaven Carter's life for as long as she could remember - familiar, untouchable, and completely off limits. The kind of man you don't question... and definitely don't want.

Until one day, she did.

Grief has a way of changing people.
So does time.

What once felt safe now feels dangerous, charged with something neither of them is willing to name. Every glance lingers too long. Every moment alone feels like a line being quietly erased.

Some boundaries aren't crossed in a single step.
Some disappear slowly... until there's nothing left to stop you.

Because sometimes the person who feels the safest...
is the one you should fear the most.

And once you get too close to him, walking away isn't an option