This Was Ours

Simon Beck knows when a moment is about to become unforgettable. For him it arrives as a flash of salt, rain, or music-with no clue what the memory will mean. At Rook & Linden, Kate Larkin has built a life on what people actually do. She wants an ownership stake, not promises, and she has no patience for spectacle dressed as intimacy. When Simon is hired to turn Kate's restaurant into the heart of a high-profile Chicago campaign, their attraction becomes impossible to keep professional. Kate gives him one clear boundary: what belongs to them stays theirs. >The betrayal costs Kate more than trust, and an apology cannot restore what his choices put at risk. To earn another chance, Simon must undo the campaign, surrender the credit, and build a way of working that never requires her privacy. Kate, meanwhile, must face the damage caused by her own habit of dismissing what matters to others. Some moments become memories. Love is what they choose after.