Mia.J Bradshaw. My boyfriend's best friend. He was never more than that - not yet. When my boyfriend left me in college, breaking my heart, Jay had to choose which side he was on. And he chose me. He stayed, and for the last six years he has been my rock, my anchor, my compass... But now you have grown up, graduated from school, gone to work. I am a nurse practitioner; Jay is a doctor. He was all I needed for too long, but now I want more. I can't stop thinking about him, but I have to hide it. I had to find out if he wants me too.

J.Friend. Not a lover. That's who Mia Waters is to me. I tried damn hard to keep our relationship that way and be confident in it. I was a shoulder she could lean on; the last person Mia talked to at night before going to bed... And after these six years, she means more to me than my own family. I wanted her as soon as we met. But she belonged to someone else, so I suppressed this desire. I didn't get what I wanted. Wasn't that guy. Her happiness meant so much more. Until this moment. Before she asked me a question that broke all acceptable boundaries between us. “Have you ever thought about having sex with me?” For six years I had kept Mia at arm's length, but now I felt that I was beginning to give in to my own principles and lose control of myself. I could not allow this to happen. There are reasons why I can't get closer. She hasn't truly let go of her ex-boyfriend. And she has no idea that I was lying. What if she exposed me? What if she found out who I really am? And what will she do when I leave?