STEP CLOSER

Abigail Romance

“She meant something. Once. But she’s gone. You… you’re f*****g here, Ariana. In my room. In my head. Under my skin.”
He kissed me again.
I whimpered.
He lifted me onto the counter in one motion and stepped between my legs, kissing down my neck, sucking just beneath my jaw — marking me, like always.
One hand slid up my thigh, pushing my shorts aside. His fingers traced along the edge of my panties, teasing.
“Still think I want someone else?” he rasped against my skin.
I couldn’t even answer.
His fingers slipped beneath the lace and found me hot wet, ready.
“You’re mine,” he whispered, his voice trembling now. “All f*****g mine.”
I never expected my life to change the day my mother remarried. Suddenly, the boy I once knew the boy I swore to marry when we were children became my stepbrother. But Roman isn’t the boy I remember. He’s colder now, distant, with eyes that hold secrets I can’t begin to unravel.
Our worlds collide under the same roof, separated by just a thin wall and the tension neither of us wants to admit. Forbidden desire simmers beneath every glance, every touch. He keeps me at arm’s length, yet I can’t stop craving the dangerous pull between us.
As the lines blur between hate and passion, I’m forced to confront the past I don’t remember and the truth Roman is desperate to hide.
How far will we go before we step too close?

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