audacious

I thought we had everything under control—a simple, no-strings-attached plan to keep our families happy.

Pretend to date during the holidays, escape the endless questions about our love lives, and go back to our successful careers in the city. Easy, right?

But pretending with Jeff, my billionaire boss, was a lot harder than I thought.

He’s charming, annoyingly handsome, and hiding a softer side I wasn’t ready for. And now, one fake kiss at his family’s Christmas party turned into something neither of us can walk away from.

Now, I’ve got a few big problems on my hands:

My heart races every time we’re together.
I can’t stop thinking about how real this is starting to feel.
His family loves me—and mine loves him too.

We were supposed to fake it until New Year’s and go back to our separate lives. But now that I’ve seen the man behind the sharp suits and city skyline, I can’t shake the feeling that maybe, just maybe, we could make this real.

But Jeff’s world is far from simple, and falling for him means risking everything—my heart, my career, and the perfectly safe life I thought I wanted.

I swore I wouldn’t let love in, but you’d never expect what happens next because I certainly didn’t.