Grumpy Mechanic's Second Chance

He kissed her in his truck the night she caught him flirting.
She showed up at his door at six the next morning in last night's dress.
That should have been the stupidest thing she ever agreed to.

Kirby Yates is six-foot-two of silence and engine grease - the kind of steady that makes every other man feel amateur. Best mechanic in three counties. Calls her mother ma'am. At her brother's elbow since high school. In her thoughts since sixteen. His solution is to pretend he doesn't have one.

He is her brother's best friend. The one man she cannot have. The only man she has ever wanted.

They made a deal: four years, no contact. Come back and if they still want it - they can have it.

Four years became summa cum laude. A publishing house with a green door. Kirby on the curb at five-thirty with that quiet smile.

Except her brother doesn't know. The doctor handed her a paper with the word infertility at the top. And Kirby is on his knees at her mirror, refusing to let her hate the body he has loved since she was sixteen.

She ran. He let her go because she asked.

You have no idea what a man like Kirby does when he doesn't have to let her go.

Reader's Note
If you love a brother's best friend who actually keeps his word, a four-year forbidden slow burn that makes you hold your breath, and a second chance that was never really over - this one is for you. Includes PCOS and infertility representation, body positivity, sweet steam, a marriage, a surprise pregnancy, and a guaranteed happy ending. No cheating. No cliffhangers. Eula and Kirby take turns telling you everything