Limerence (Fated Fixation, #1)

by H.C. Dolores

The topic of Rick is always a landmine with Mom. I’m not sure why I keep stepping on it. “Your stepfather –” I cringe at that word. “Does a lot for us.” Incorrect.

roll my eyes. Rick hates an eight-hour workday with a stable income almost as much as he hates the government.

Crisis averted. “Poppy!” Freddy calls. “I forgot to tell you. You look gorgeous tonight!” I don’t even have time to open my mouth before Adrian whirls around, his fist colliding with Freddy’s face in a sickening crunch.

“But I’m a monster infatuated.”

would never get a tattoo.”

“My life’s already yours, sweetheart,” he vows. “Just as yours is mine.”