Victoria

The bell over the shop door used to mean business. Now it means Victoria.

She's my 19-year-old next-door neighbor... grown, fearless, and far too good at knowing exactly what she's doing to me. One look in a bikini, one dare whispered too close, and the quiet life I've been living starts to crack. The shop. The beach. The risk. Every step with her feels reckless, electric, impossible to resist.

I know crossing that line could change everything. I know I should walk away.

But when the girl next door challenges me to follow her into the sun and the surf, I don't hesitate.

Some trouble is worth it...