Slow Burn

I went to Sedona to “audit” a resort… and ended up undone by the barefoot yoga instructor who is my total opposite.

I only came to Adler Sol to run a security evaluation.
That’s what I tell myself.
But the minute Sofia Morales looks at me, I forget every line of code I’ve ever written.

She laughs too loud.
She touches too easily.
And somehow she’s determined to “help me relax,” which feels like torture disguised as kindness.

I’m supposed to be the composed one.
The logical one.
The man who doesn’t fall apart just because a woman adjusts his shoulders during yoga and tells him sweetly to exhale.

But something happens between us in that desert heat... and I start wanting things I don’t think I'm worthy of.
And when duty drags me back into old habits, I make a huge mistake.

Now I’m standing in front of her at sunrise with no tablet, no excuses, and one terrifying truth:

If I don’t fight for her, I lose the only peace I’ve ever known.

Tropes: Grumpy Genius × Sunshine Healer, Opposites Attract, Forced Retreat, Slow Burn → Explosive Connection, Found Family, Emotional Rebirth
Spice Level 3
HEA: Guaranteed