Longtime Crush

When my best friend and I fell for the same guy in middle school, I stepped back.

I'd always expected to dance at their wedding.

Not sit in the back pew of her funeral.

I left town for my own reasons, but now that I'm back, it's clear Sebastian Montgomery isn't the same man I left.

He's hard. Broken.

And a single father to an adorable little girl.

When it turns out he's my new neighbor, I can't stay away.

But I know I'm playing with fire and the heat between us burns enough to scorch.

I thought I was over my crush.

But now it might crush me.