Kai Rivers is the kind of boy people don’t approach twice. Silent, distant, and unreadable, he keeps everyone at a distance—not because he hates people, but because he doesn’t trust what closeness can do.

Jude Parker is his complete opposite. Warm, expressive, and full of life, he believes in connections, friendships, and the idea that even the coldest hearts can change.

When their worlds collide, it starts with irritation… then curiosity… and slowly something far more dangerous.

Kai wants to stay away. Jude keeps getting closer.

But love between them doesn’t feel soft or easy—it feels confusing, intense, and forbidden in a way neither of them can explain. Every glance carries meaning, every silence says too much, and every step closer risks breaking something neither is ready to lose.

In a world where feelings are complicated and honesty is terrifying, Kai and Jude are forced to face a truth they can’t escape:

Sometimes love doesn’t heal you…

it changes you completely.

And Kai Rivers hates love for exactly that reason.

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