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I swore off small-town men until my grumpy landlord. Now we can’t keep our hands off each other.

He’s the storm I trip into silent, scarred, infuriating. I can’t stop noticing the way he watches everything but me.

Jack Turner is off-limits: my landlord, a closed-off veteran with rules, scars, and a past the town whispers about. One wrong move and the small-town optics get me burned.

Then the school floods, my place drowns, and he offers a spare room with boundaries and a blanket. Staying with him turns every hallway into a battlefield. Every quiet night into a landmine.

He fixes a busted shelf. Teaches my students to sand wood like patience is a language. Stands between me and the gossips with that steady, stubborn jaw.

But the school board can never find out that I’ve fallen for him. Because if they do…

Worst case? I keep my job and lose the home I found because home isn’t a place anymore. It’s Jack.