Acts of Atonement

<p><em>Unattainable</em>. That's what he is.</p><p><br></p><p>Thirteen years my senior my uncle's best friend and my father's business partner. The man could not be any more untouchable if he lived on the moon itself.</p><p><br></p><p>William Hawthorne has haunted my dreams for the better part of my teenage years. Coming in like a dark knight on the most tragic of days he swooped in and quietly guided me back to sanity offering me the support I so desperately needed.</p><p><br></p><p>I've kept my distance but a series of events have landed me on his doorstep. <em>Literally</em>.</p><p><br></p><p>I'm both the nanny and his charge making it practically impossible to stay away.</p><p><br></p><p>Trying to swallow around a ball of emotions my breath catches. Letting William see me the real me-all battered and broken inside pining after a love I cannot have-is not an option.</p><p><br></p><p>As the front door swings open I give myself one last warning. But I have to wonder will it be enough?</p><p><br></p>