Isaac Ford seeks help from the detective who put him in prison -- now security consultant, Andrew Wen -- after an unexpected prison break weeks before his release. Despite an almost twenty-year age difference and being on opposite ends of the law, the attraction between them culminates in a one-night stand that teeters Isaac between turning himself in and returning to a life of crime. His decision is made for him when he discovers a young man waiting for him at his safe house -- the son he never knew existed.<br><br>Months later, Isaac has been reconnecting with his son, Dalton, and started a security consultancy of his own, looking for a fresh start. His past catches up to him, however, when he runs into Andrew at the police station, both seeking information on a new thief. Andrew isn’t happy Isaac left that night or that he’s been encroaching on his business, but the passion between them rekindles as trying to one-up each other turns sexual. Neither plan to let anything more come of their tryst until Andrew finds out about Dalton, who he knew in college, and a theft at Dalton’s job forces Isaac and Andrew to work together.<br><br>Dalton playing matchmaker complicates things. What’s worse is how easily Isaac and Andrew keep giving in.

Public Enemy, Undercover Lover

“Though you two fake dating may be the craziest thing I have ever been asked to lie about.”


Kevin had not changed the subject since they left the coffee shop, even now that they were walking through the mostly empty R&D labs at Avalon. They’d chosen a time when Dalton said everyone else should be in meetings or testing labs so they could talk in private.


“You don’t have to lie,” Andrew said. “Don’t even bring it up. I just needed you to know in case Dalton says something. But if he does, feel free to express how you a hundred percent do not support the idea of us as a couple.”


After all, sex and dating were two completely different things—and Kevin did not need to know that.


Dalton waved them over to his now cleaned workspace as they drew closer, with no one else in the immediate vicinity.


“Did we beat Ford?” Kevin asked, glancing around in suspicion. “That guy is meticulous to the second, so if you’re planning some ambush—”


Chapter 23