Our Scorching Summer

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(30 25 21 1)>Nico Navarro </strong><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(14 16 26 1)>and I are friends. </strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(30 25 21 1)>His signature grin and playfulness are charming except when you're on the receiving end of his self-absorbed personality. The worst part-he's ridiculously gorgeous and he knows it. For years I've dealt with Nico's incessant flirting by keeping my </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(30 25 21 1)>occasional </em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(30 25 21 1)>fantasies about him strictly between me my keyboard and my vibrator. </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(14 16 26 1)>We're both players and not interested in settling down. He's never been in love and I refuse to commit to someone again. Besides Nico is </span><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(30 25 21 1)>my best friend's brother-in-law so he's strictly off-limits.</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(14 16 26 1)><em>Just. Friends. </em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(14 16 26 1)>But when I suddenly lose my job fail a class and a man faints inside me-</span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(14 16 26 1)>yes inside me</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(14 16 26 1)>-all rationality falls by the wayside.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(14 16 26 1)>One out-of-character decision later I find myself on an international adventure with the irresponsible playboy. </span><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(30 25 21 1)>Our spontaneous vacation is </span><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(14 16 26 1)>filled with interrogations</span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(14 16 26 1)><em> </em></strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(14 16 26 1)>a steamy arrangement</span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(14 16 26 1)><em></em></strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(14 16 26 1)> and the uncovering of my decade-long secret. I'm quickly becoming Nico's new obsession and the rules I've kept to protect my heart start to crumble with each new lavish travel destination we visit.</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(14 16 26 1)><em>Can I let myself love again or will our summer fling end up in flames? </em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>