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Claire Lyons has always been the quiet, good girl, harboring a secret crush on her best friend Vanessa’s father, Rawls Bennett, since she was sixteen. Now a grown woman, Claire can no longer ignore her feelings. But confessing to Rawls risks more than just heartbreak—it could shatter friendships, unearth buried secrets, and set off a chain of events no one saw coming. As tensions rise, loyalties are tested, and lives are changed, Claire must decide whether love is worth the chaos it will unleash.

Loving My Friend's Father

I remained frozen, looking at her. When Carla was a little older, her hair was longer, her frame a little leaner, but the intensity in her eyes wasn't any less so. Although she had aged a little, she hadn't lost any of her sharpness.

"Can I come in?" She asked me again. I felt my chest tighten at her calm, even voice.

I ought to have shut the door on her. I could have yelled at her to stay out of my way. But something in her face kept me still, something unreadable. Damn it, Carla. No matter what, she still knows how to freeze me.

I clung to the door frame, but then, for some reason, I stepped back. "Fine," I muttered.

It wasn't a complete smile but instead just a faint curve of her lips that put me on edge.

When she entered the room, her heels tapped on the wood floor as if she walked into a memory, eyes sweeping the air.

Vanessa was right behind me, her eyes wide and on Carla as though she were a ghost.

You just Can't have Enough