The Rule || Dean Di Laurentis

After a toxic relationship leaves Scarlett Graham's life at St. Anthony's in ruins, she transfers mid-semester to Briar University, hoping distance will help her forget everything she left behind. But with her dorm situation delayed, she ends up temporarily living in the one place guaranteed to destroy her sanity: the Briar hockey house.

Which means living with her overprotective older brother, Garrett Graham, and his teammates.

Including Dean Di Laurentis.

Dean is exactly the kind of guy Scarlett promised herself she would stay away from. Cocky, charming, reckless, and completely incapable of taking anything seriously for more than five minutes.

Garrett makes the rules very clear the second she moves in. Hands off his sister.

And Dean fully intends to follow that rule.

At least until he accidentally walks into Garrett's room and finds Scarlett changing. After that, staying away from her becomes a whole lot harder than he expected.

Especially when Scarlett starts slipping past his defenses just as fast as he's slipping past hers.

Now Dean can't stop noticing the little things. The way she hides inside oversized sweatshirts. The way she apologizes for everything. The way her smiles never quite reach her eyes anymore.

And Scarlett can't stop noticing that beneath Dean's player reputation is someone far more dangerous than she expected: a man who makes her feel safe enough to let her guard down.

But secrets have a way of following you.

And when Scarlett's past finally catches up with her, Dean has to decide how far he's willing to go for the girl he was never supposed to touch in the first place.

Dean Di Laurentis x Scarlett Graham
Brother's Best Friend
Forced Proximity
Hockey Romance
Dual POV