Xander is y/n’s body guard. She’s the princess in the UK and the king her father appointed Xander after her other bodyguard retired… things get heated and twisted. Y/n and Xander have sexual chemistry.
For four years, Melody has lived under the neon lights of Eclipse, one of the city's most exclusive strip clubs. At twenty-three, she's mastered the art of hiding her intelligence behind a flawless smile, all while dreaming of a life beyond the stage. But escaping her past is easier said than done when every job application ends in another rejection. Corporate lawyer Chase Bennett, thirty-four, has no interest in strip clubs. He only ends up at Eclipse for a coworker's bucks party—a night he expects to forget. Instead, an unexpected conversation with a dancer who is far more than meets the eye leaves him questioning everything he assumed about first impressions. When an opportunity arises at his law firm, Chase offers Melody something she's almost stopped believing in: a chance. Not a handout, but an opportunity to prove herself. As Melody trades stilettos for courtrooms and builds a new future from the ground up, an unlikely friendship begins to bloom between them. But the ghosts of her past, the pressures of their professional worlds, and the growing feelings neither of them expected threaten to complicate everything. Sometimes, all it takes is one conversation to change the course of a life... and one chance to discover where you truly belong.
Liam Carter returns home after seven years of serving in the Army, ready to leave military life behind and finally begin the future he's always dreamed of with his high school sweetheart, Y/N. After years of long-distance calls, deployments, and stolen moments together, they're finally living under the same roof. They believe the hardest part of their relationship is over. They're wrong. Civilian life proves to be a battle Liam never expected. Haunted by the final mission of his military career and burdened with survivor's guilt, he struggles to adapt to a world that feels unfamiliar. The structure and purpose the Army once gave him are gone, leaving him feeling lost, isolated, and disconnected from the people who love him most. As his invisible wounds begin to strain his relationship with Y/N, both of them are forced to confront the reality that love alone can't erase trauma. With the support of family, friends, fellow veterans, and Y/N's unwavering patience, Liam begins the difficult journey of accepting his past instead of running from it. Along the way, he learns that healing isn't about forgetting who he was in the Army—it's about discovering who he can become without it. Together, Liam and Y/N fight to rebuild the life they've waited years to share, proving that sometimes the greatest act of courage isn't surviving war—it's allowing yourself to truly come home.