Gabby
I never thought my dad would let me come here alone. It’s a long trip – all the way from California to London.
But I have to start being independent if I’m going to come all the way out here for college.
When I get a call from reception saying someone is here to see me it can only be one person, my dad.
What I don’t expect is him.
Oz is the reason I wanted to come to London, even though I would never admit it out loud to anyone else.
He’s been my dad’s best friend for as long as I can remember, and my lifelong crush, even though we don’t see him very often.
This is my chance.
Can I make him see the woman I’ve become or will he forever see me as his best friend’s daughter?
Oz
I’m here to check up on my best friend’s daughter when I see a goddess.
I don’t normally just watch women walk down the street, like some kind of creep, but, damn. I instantly want to make her mine.
It’s like a knee-jerk reaction. When she turns the corner, her face still turned away from me, I can see she heading in the same direction but I have a duty.
But somehow, the sweet and innocent gangly girl I knew, with braces, acne, and awkward clumsiness has been transformed.
Sweet little Gabriella has been transformed into the goddess I saw walking down the street earlier.
I know it’s wrong to have these thoughts about her – about my best friends’ daughter – but… I don’t think I can stop myself.
Everything about her taps into some instinctive, primal urge to claim her as my mate.
To make her mine.