Stick Work

But pretending to be his girlfriend at a family gathering? That’s a whole new level of agony. The stolen glances, the whispered questions, the charade—it’s all to get his parents off his back.

It’s fun and games… until I have to share his bed. Close enough to feel his heat, yet miles from what I truly want. It’s an exquisite kind of punishment.

And then Vegas happens. A wedding, a reckless moment, and a single choice that sets off a chain reaction capable of destroying everything: my brother’s trust, his family’s belief in me, and most painfully, my own fragile heart.

Just when I think things couldn’t get worse… they do.

And the only way out might save everyone else—but it’ll shatter me.