Intro: Mason is Grace's guardian. He took her in when her parents died out of the great respect he had for her father who was his boss at that time.

Chapter One – The Breaking Point

Mason had been pacing the length of his study for weeks now, ever since he caught himself staring too long. Grace’s laugh in the kitchen, the way she absentmindedly tucked her hair behind her ear, even the softness of her voice when she said his name—it all cut into him like a blade.

She wasn’t that fifteen-year-old girl anymore, broken and fragile after her parents’ death. She was a woman now. Twenty-two. Independent. Beautiful...