She'd always been my best friend... but she'd secretly become the love of my life. I'd spent years convincing myself that some lines were never meant to be crossed. Serena Fields wasn't just my best friend. She was my constant. The one person who had stood beside me through every triumph and every heartbreak, never caring about my wealth or my last name. Losing her wasn't a risk I was willing to take, so I buried my feelings where they belonged. Then one unforgettable night changed everything. One kiss shattered years of carefully drawn boundaries, and suddenly pretending I didn't want her became impossible. The more time we spent exploring the passion we'd both denied for so long, the more I realized friendship was never going to be enough. Walking away meant keeping the one thing I'd always treasured. Taking a chance meant risking the only woman who had ever truly known my heart. For the first time in my life, I had to decide whether protecting our friendship was worth losing the love we'd been searching for all along.