The Brother Code

He watched me break. He's the reason I can't have him.

Yejun Choi.
My brother's best friend. The man who memorized every version of me - from the clumsy 12-year-old with scraped knees to the woman I became... and decided none of them were his to touch. Until they were.

I thought he'd never stop calling me "kid."
Until the night grief stripped us bare.

Now the only person who understands the silence in my house is the man I'm forbidden to want.
He's filthy rich. I'm filthy rich. We own everything money can buy... except each other.

One stolen night. One touch that snaps years of restraint.
Yejun says I'm off-limits.
His shadow says I've always been his.

I wake up in his guest room with his fingers in my hair, twisting strands like he's cataloging me.
"Still my kid," he murmurs, voice dark. "You sleep like you trust me. You shouldn't."

Grief made us reckless.
Possession made us dangerous.
And love? Love is the weapon that might destroy us both.

Read if you love: Dark Romance, Brother's Best Friend, Possessive ML, Age-Gap Tension, Forbidden Love, Obsession, Grief-to-Darkness, "I've wanted you forever"