It started with a quiet night, an empty restaurant, and a stranger caught in the rain.

I wasn't expecting him.
I wasn't expecting the way he looked at me—or what happened when I opened the door and let him in.
Not just into my kitchen, but into something I've guarded for far too long.
I didn't know it then but he had a secret. Every secret has a cost. And his? It threatens everything I've built.

But the heart doesn't always listen to reason... and neither does love.

A slow-burn romance full of late-night cravings, complicated truths, and the kind of chemistry that can't be faked—or forgotten.