I Dare You

<p>I never expected to find myself back in my hometown of Calla Bay. Not after I was humiliated and made a fool of by my brother's best friend. Sebastian Devereux made me feel things I had never felt. I gave him everything only to find out it was all part of a dare.</p><p></p><p>Eleven years later now my life that I had been so proud of in New York City was crumbling. I had lost my job and my friends. Worst of all I had lost my sense of self. Taken from me by the person I thought was supposed to love me.</p><p></p><p>Being back in my childhood bedroom jobless and alone was not on my life's bingo card so when my brother Luke gets me a job working for none other than Sebastian Devereux I'm in no position to say no. But that doesn't mean I have to like it. He can keep his dimpled smile and charming words. They don't affect me like they did when I was a naive eighteen-year-old.</p><p></p><p>If I have to keep repeating that to myself every day like a mantra reminding me not to let him get too close then that's what I'll do. I fell for his charm once already; it would be stupid to do it again. </p><p></p><p>So why do I find my heart opening up to the one person it never should?</p>