Coast to Coast

Stella

Catching my boyfriend in bed with my best friend was not how I expected I would end the semester. After packing my bags, I booked the first flight home to Vermont, determined to spend the summer single, grounded, and distraction-free. That is until Simon Murray—my brother’s quiet, ridiculously hot roommate—invites me to spend the summer with him in Canada. He offers the proposition of an adventure. A change of scenery. Nothing more. I should’ve said no, but between his steel-gray eyes, easy smile, and those maddening dimples… I said yes.

One apartment. One unforgettable summer. Falling wasn’t part of the plan—but it’s starting to feel like the only one that matters.

Simon

Stella came back home with a shattered heart and no sense of direction. Without a clue of how to help her, I do the first thing that comes to mind and invite her to spend the summer in Canada with me. I’m already going for hockey, so what would it really hurt for her to tag along? What I didn’t count on was how hard it would be to ignore the way she laughs… or how natural it feels to wake up next to her in the apartment we now share.

She’s my best friend’s little sister. This was never supposed to turn into something real. But with every late-night conversation and stolen glance, I start wishing summer didn’t have to end. And maybe—just maybe—that she’d stay for good.