Snowbound with My Dad’s Best Friend by Renee Zara

When you swear you’ll never fall for the older man who ruined you once…

Until you walk into your new job,

And realize your boss is the very same sin you’ve been hiding from.

It started five Christmases ago.

One stolen night with my dad’s best friend.

Tall. Rugged. Twice my age.

A man who kissed like he owned winter itself.

I wanted to tell him the truth.

But his family cornered me,

And I disappeared before the scandal could touch him.

Pregnant. Alone. Terrified.

Now I’m back – broke, desperate, and working directly under the man,

Who has no idea he’s been a father for four years.

I try to avoid him.

I fail.

Especially when a blizzard traps us in his penthouse.

And one “we can’t” turns into a night that feels dangerously familiar.

But the storm breaks in the worst way.

My parents walk into the office…

With my little boy holding their hands.

Steven freezes.

His gaze cuts from Damian’s face to mine like a blade.

“Becca,” he rasps.

“What did you do?”