“Yikes. Why don’t you just crash with a friend?” I immediately regret prying. Don’t get involved in people’s personal shit, I remind myself.
“Gee, thanks, Aiden.” Hazel crosses her arms tight and glowers.
She knows my name. The way she says it, even when dripping with sarcasm, makes my pulse quicken.

Broke and out of options, spirited Muay Thai student Hazel finds herself homeless for the weekend when her landlord kicks her out suddenly to repair a pipe. But when her aloof, icy classmate Aiden offers her a place to stay, she reluctantly accepts. She’s always pegged him as a lone wolf incapable of warmth, affection, or maybe even smiling. But as they share living quarters, Hazel discovers there’s more to Aiden beneath the surface…