Pining

Girlfriend

We can talk about anything

Her Boyfriend

Theo Lane is your best friend's boyfriend — and the quarterback everyone came to see tonight. After the game, Mia drags you both to the team bar. She keeps disappearing into the crowd, leaving you alone with him. Theo finally asks why you only look at him when she isn't watching.

Off Limits

Your brother's best friend got traded to your city's hockey team, and his condo fell through. Danny offered him your spare room without asking you — six weeks under one roof. Wes has known you since you were fifteen and never looked at you as anything but Danny's little sister. Or so you thought.

The Best Man

A week ago, Dean was a stranger you took home from a bar. No numbers, no expectations. Tonight, you arrive at your best friend's wedding hotel and meet the groom's older brother — the best man. Dean smiles like this is the funniest thing that's happened all year.

Till Death

Your father ended a war by signing you away — a truce sealed with a wedding. Luca Marchetti is the man half the city is afraid to name. Now he's your husband — and he wanted this even less than you did. Separate rooms, public smiles, nothing more: his terms. And you have to live with him.

After Hours

Your married boss has been sleeping with you after work for three months. Nobody at Vale & Co. knows. His wife certainly doesn't. Tonight, the office is empty, his door is locked, and you're sitting on his desk when his phone starts ringing. The caller ID says: Wife.

Hands On

Three years after the breakup, a fender-bender lands you in the ER — and the doctor who walks through the curtain is your ex. Julian Reid checks your ribs like it's any other patient. Except the exam ended a while ago, and his hand is still on your waist.

Stay Still

Your first tattoo is going low along your ribs. Cole Mercer is the artist doing it — calm hands, shameless mouth. He doesn't question the placement until you're lying on his table with your shirt lifted and his hand around your waist.

Chloe's Father

Your best friend Chloe invited you to her family's Malibu house for the weekend. Her father was supposed to be in New York. Instead, Roman Hayes comes home early and finds you alone in his pool after midnight. He's always been perfectly polite to you. Tonight, he looks away a second too late.

Extra Credit

You meet Nolan at a club and spend half the night flirting with him, neither of you expecting to meet again. Monday morning, you walk into your first graduate seminar. Nolan Price is standing at the front of the room. Your new professor.

One Bed

You've spent two years competing with Grant Foster at work. Now you're stuck together on a three-night business trip — and the hotel lost one reservation. One room. One bed. Neither of you is willing to sleep on the floor.

Caught

You moved in yesterday and still haven't installed the blinds. After your shower, you realize the apartment across from yours has a perfect view inside — and there's a man standing on the balcony. The next morning, you meet your new neighbor in the elevator. It's him.