Tether

𝒮𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓁𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 𝒽𝑒 𝒻𝑜𝓁𝓁𝑜𝓌𝑒𝒹.
𝐻𝑒 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒹𝒶𝓇𝓀𝓃𝑒𝓈𝓈 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝒸𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹𝓃'𝓉 𝓇𝑒𝓈𝒾𝓈𝓉.

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Rym Hakeem has a rule: whatever happens at night, stays at night. No names, no questions, no strings, just a few stolen hours where nobody knows who her father is.

Stanton Reeves tells himself it's simple: do the job, don't ask what "the job" really means, stay away from her. He's better at the first two than the third.

They break both rules in one night, without even trying.

But, some rules exist because breaking them is easier than anyone admits. Theirs just came back due.

Fifteen years. One boss's daughter. A mistake neither of them can undo.

What follows is a game neither of them wins: years of almost, of walking away and being found anyway.

Some secrets have a shelf life. Theirs just walked back into the room, and it's not the only one about to.