Always Mine (It Was Always You, #2)

Rod Wolfe has been my best friend for a decade.

He's the man who came to my defence when nobody else would. Who helped me build my career. Who bought me a house and accepts my monthly payments with interest—although we both know he doesn't need the money.

He's also the most infuriating, oblivious man I've ever met.

Between the many layers of our friendship, I fell completely and irrevocably in love with him.

And he has no idea.

The former rock star god turned music billionaire mogul has never once looked at me that way. I'm his sidekick. His ride or die. Never the one he wants.

Even though it kills me inside, I've accepted that our relationship may never change.

Then something shifts. The arguments neither of us can explain. The tension we refuse to acknowledge. Until the night everything comes to a head, and he kisses me.

He says it was a mistake.

I tell him off.

A week later he shows up at my door with cookies and ice cream. And just like that, the friend zone evaporates.

For the first time in my life, Rod is mine.

But I've been carrying a secret for years—one so devastating I buried it to protect him. Now the monster who stole something precious from me is back. And this time I'm not sure I can keep Rod safe from the ugly truth.

Tropes: Childhood friends to lovers, billionaire romance, opposites attract, forced proximity, dark secret, found family, she falls first he falls harder, heroine in danger, romance with suspense, no third act breakup

Book 2 in the It Was Always You series. Reads as a standalone.