You’ve spent years building a life in New York City—far from your childhood neighborhood, and even farther from him. Mattheo Bennett. Your best friend Jenna’s older brother. Two years older, endlessly teasing, and always just a little too good at getting under your skin. Growing up, he made your life chaos—mocking your princess phase, annoying you at every turn… but always stepping in when someone else crossed the line. And somehow, your childhood crush on him never really left. Jenna made it clear: you and Matt were off-limits. So you moved on. Kind of. College came, relationships happened, and Fred—your ex—ended with betrayal you didn’t see coming. After that, you left for New York, building a new life as a model. Five years later, Jenna calls. She’s getting married in two weeks. In Paris. And she wants you there as maid of honor. You say yes without thinking. Until you learn Matt will be there. Still, you convince yourself it’s fine. It’s been years. People change. Except when you land in Paris, Jenna sends someone else to pick you up. Him. And Mattheo Bennett is no longer the boy you remember—he’s taller, sharper, infuriatingly confident… and still looking at you like nothing about you escaped his notice. As if that isn’t enough, your ex is also there—best man at the wedding. Two weeks in Paris. One off-limits brother. One ex you’re not over. And a city that makes bad ideas feel like destiny.