Still Mine

Ten years ago, Martha Voss left this town — and left Lebron Reyes standing in his driveway with a ring he never got to give her.

Now she's back, inheriting her grandmother's house, telling herself it's temporary. A stopover to sell the place and vanish again before anyone asks the questions she's spent a decade avoiding.

She didn't expect the house next door to still belong to him.

Lebron never left. He built a life here, a business here, a version of himself that doesn't need anyone — least of all the woman who taught him exactly how much losing someone costs. He's spent ten years telling himself he's over her. One look across the property line proves he was lying.

He's not interested in being her rebound, her guilt project, or her unfinished business. If Martha wants back into his life, she's going to have to prove she's staying — and Lebron intends to make that decision impossible to walk back from. Every shared fence line, every borrowed cup of sugar, every night she thinks she can keep her distance becomes another reminder: he remembers everything. He's not going to make this easy, and he's not going to let her go twice.

Martha came home to close a door. Lebron intends to make sure it never shuts again.

Tropes: Second-Chance Romance, Reunion Romance, Neighbors-to-Lovers, Possessive Alpha, Small-Town Setting, Slow-Burn Forced Proximity