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She thought she knew what love was—until she met him. After being forced out of her home with her one-week-old daughter, Aveline, {y/n} has nowhere to turn. Then Calder Rhodes opens his door. He looks like the kind of man she should stay far away from—black messy hair, piercing blue eyes, tattoos covering his arms, and an attitude that makes everyone think twice before approaching him. But with {y/n}, he’s different. He’s patient. Gentle. Protective. And the more time they spend together, the harder it becomes to ignore the way Calder looks at her—the way his walls seem to disappear whenever she’s near. He never expected to fall for a woman carrying so much hurt. She never expected to fall for the man who taught her what love was supposed to feel like. And somewhere along the way, Calder stops seeing {y/n} and Aveline as two people he’s helping… They become his whole world.