encountering
He was my college crush, my biggest heartbreak, and the cocky cowboy I never forgot.Twelve years later, he8217s a smooth-talking oil tycoon, and I8217m the investigative journalist exposing the secrets of his world8212a collision as hot as it is explosive.But desperation makes you reckless.Sneaking into a gala for a storyNecessary.Asking Grayson Hayes to play my fake fianc233 to pull it offRisky.Asking him to keep up the act for my meddling parentsDownright insane.The planKeep it strictly business.The problemGrayson doesn8217t do boundaries.His heated stares leave me drenched, his possessiveness makes me ache for more, and his drawl curls around me like a promise I can8217t resist.It8217s heart and fire, a connection that8217s too real to ignore.Falling for him could burn everything I8217ve built8230 but walking away might ruin me.