The Unlikely Heir (Unlikely Dilemmas, #1)

by Jax Calder

This is how thriller films start, isn’t it? Should the ominous music be cued right now? I glance out the window, and holy shit, there’s actually a dark van with tinted windows parked illegally at the curb. I blink at it. The fantasies I spin in my head don’t usually have corroborating evidence on display. I’m not sure how I feel about this development.

No one on this side of the Atlantic has teeth that straight and white. We just don’t seem to have the genes. Or perhaps skilled enough orthodontists. Maybe if the former government had invested more in NHS dentistry, our smiles could match the Americans.

Oliver reaches out and takes my hand in his. And my world tilts off its axis.

“Look me in the eye when you’re telling me. Not looking me in the eye makes me think you’re ashamed. And you should never be ashamed of who you are.”