After Eight Years of Hiding, I Chose Myself

I'd been in a secret relationship with my brother's best friend for eight years.

Every time I brought up going public, he'd coax me out of it:

"Just a little longer. If your brother finds out, he'll kill me."

So I listened. Every time we were around other people, I kept my distance like a good girl.

Until a round of Truth or Dare at a party landed on Tristan Simmons.

The crowd egged him on, daring him to kiss one of the girls in the room.

His gaze drifted toward me, soft and warm. My pulse spiked. I felt my cheeks flush as I braced myself.

But that gaze swept right past me.