Bas' Blend

He let her walk away once. He won't make that mistake again. She has three rules for protecting her heart, and he's already breaking them all. Together, they're playing with fire, but neither wants to stop. BAS She walked away from me at a wedding, and I haven't stopped thinking about her since. Gemma sees straight through my charm and couldn't care less about my family name—which is exactly why I can't let her go. Hiring her to plan my wine society's events guarantees she'll be close, but she's made the rules crystal clear: professional boundaries only. The problem is, every moment with her makes me want to tear those boundaries down, and I'm terrified that if I push too hard, she'll walk away for good. GEMMA I swore off charming, wealthy men after the last one destroyed me. Sebastian Whitmore is everything I promised myself I'd never fall for again—confident, relentless, and far too used to getting what he wants. Working with him is a mistake I made with my eyes wide open, and now I'm spending every day fighting an attraction that threatens to undo three years of carefully rebuilt walls. He makes me want things I'd convinced myself I didn't need anymore, and that terrifies me more than anything.