Bad Boy I Shouldn't Want : A Small Town Protector Romance

I was sent to expose him. Now I can’t stop craving the man I’m supposed to destroy.

I came chasing a case that’s put people in the hospital. Every lead lands on Colt Mercer.

I just didn’t expect him.

The quiet, dangerous man who runs everything from the shadows... And looks at me like he knows how I’d unravel.

Controlled. Untouchable. A mistake waiting to happen.

He should shut me out.

Instead, he pulls me deeper. Closer.

Until I’m surrounded. His space. His rules. His presence in every breath.

And those hands...

They don’t hesitate. They take.

The tension builds. Tight. Until it snaps, and I’m the one who lets it.

I don’t want him anymore. I’m addicted.

But the deeper I dig, the truth turns ugly. Someone inside his world is poisoning everything he built.

And Colt?

He’s either the man keeping me alive... Or the reason I was sent here.

Because if I get this wrong...

I won’t just lose the case. I’ll lose myself to the man who was never supposed to let me go