Living next to her overprotective brother's best friend means her bucket list is going to be much harder to cross off.

Is it so bad that I tricked my older brother's best friend into taking my virginity?

Maybe.

In my defense, it was Dante Reid-my crush, my first love, and the one I ended up pushing away. Our paths split in opposite directions. I went to college on one coast while he returned to work with the US Army on the other. The end. Or so I thought.

After graduating and attempting a bucket list of self-discovery, guess who I find standing outside the jail, bailing me out from a crime I didn't commit? Dante freaking Reid-this time with more muscles, more tattoos, and more demands. One of which is to move in across the hall from him so he can keep me safe. Like I need protection after a little felony mix-up.

I don't. Unless it's from him. Because Dante has been my downfall before ...

And living next to the guy I gave my innocence to a long time ago may actually end in my complete devastation.