Six years apart didn't change the way he looks at me.Or the way I try not to look back.We were supposed to be friends. Safe.But the night he came home, he stepped into my world like he'd never left—and took something I didn't even know I'd been holding back.Now the rules we lived by are gone, and the line between us isn't just blurred.It's gone.And I'm not sure I want it back.

Saige Lawson has no time for love—not with two kids to raise, a degree to finish, and a dream to chase. But when a reckless driver crashes into her car, she's forced to deal with the cocky, inked-up Damarion "Mari" Hayes, a man who refuses to be just another problem in her life.Damarion sees right through Saige's walls, and he's not one to walk away from a challenge. But between her untrustworthy ex, a toxic mother, and the weight of her past, trusting him won't be easy.Con...