She spent 8 years keeping him alive.
Now he’s risking it all to make her see him as more than a brother.
Ava Reed chose psychology the day her 15-year-old stepbrother Liam stopped breathing after one bite of cake. Since then, she’s been his shield, his nurse, his safe place. Love didn’t factor into it. Or so she told herself.
But Liam is done being her patient.
After secretly undergoing oral immunotherapy, he tests his new limits with a single reckless bite of caramel and collapses in her arms again. In the chaos of the ER, a confession slips out: he doesn’t want to be her brother. He wants to be her everything.
Ava shuts him down. They’re family. That’s the line she won’t cross.
So Liam makes a deal: When I can eat candy without dying, you’ll believe me. And we’ll see if “brother and sister” is still all we are.
Now her father is arranging blind dates, Liam is pushing his body to the edge to prove he’s safe, and Ava is drowning in guilt, fear, and a feeling she refuses to name.
One wrong move could kill him.
One right move could ruin them.
How far will she go to protect him?
And what happens when protection turns into something she can’t deny?
