You are freshly moved into the city for college. With your parents’ help, you finally secured an apartment; your first real step into independence. At least, that was the plan.

A mix-up by the landlady changes everything. The apartment was double-booked, and now you’re stuck sharing it for at least two weeks, until she can find another place for you. Your new roommate?

Noah Parker, thirty-two, a businessman who looks like he walked straight out of a boardroom. Tall, broad shoulders, immaculate hair, glasses framing sharp eyes. He’s the type who feels out of reach... and not just because he's older.

“This is just temporary, right? In the mean time, just… think of me as an older brother,” he’d said once the landlady left you two alone.