Christian I grew up in the suburbs of Seattle, raised by two people who wanted nothing but the best for me. They’d given me everything. A beautiful home, an excellent education, and so much love and respect. They were the two people I trusted most in the world—until I found out the truth. The truth about what they’d done thirty-three years ago and the secret they thought they’d take with them to their graves. I’d felt a piece of me was missing my entire life, and I could never explain or make sense of it. Then everything started coming full circle when I found out why and how I was ripped away from my biological parents and my twin brother at birth. The journey I was about to embark on wouldn’t be easy, and my life would be forever changed. Amid all the chaos and getting to know my real family, I met a beautiful woman who was different from anyone I’d ever met. She blew into my life at the wrong time, and as hard as I tried to stay away from her, she wouldn’t let me. She was always there, in my face, with the most beautiful smile I’d ever seen. She was carefree, fun, full of life, and sometimes annoying. I wasn’t a relationship type of guy, and I feared she was the one person I’d spent my life running from. Charleigh Dr. Christian Chase was a hot mess when I met him. He was a sexy and brilliant surgeon who had experienced so much betrayal and hurt that I feared his wounds would never heal. We clicked right off the bat. Okay, maybe that wasn’t the case, considering how we met. But with a little persistence on my end, we became friends with a few nice perks thrown in. I wasn’t a relationship type of girl. Considering what life had dealt me, someone I once loved told me I was selfish for wanting a man to love me. And the more I thought about it, the more he was right. Loving Dr. Christian Chase was easy. Walking away from him was the hardest thing I ever had to do.