~Olivia's POV~
The rain hammered against the cabin windows like a thousand frantic heartbeats, mirroring the storm raging inside me as I pulled up to the lakeside retreat.
It was my twenty-first birthday, and instead of some wild party with college friends, I'd driven three hours through the pouring downpour to see him... my godfather, Morris. The man who'd been a shadow in my life since I was a kid, always there with his sharp suits and sharper eyes, watching me grow from awkward teen to this... version of myself.
Seductive, they called me now.
Temptress.
But only he knew the real fire burning beneath my skin, the one I'd hidden for years.
I killed the engine, my pulse thumping in my ears louder than the thunder outside. The cabin loomed dark and inviting, its wooden frame nestle
