ER doctor Adrian Cross has built his life around one rule: never let anyone see him lose control. Then Noah Reed walks into his emergency room— the lawyer Adrian almost kissed the night before— and a controlled-medication scandal threatens to destroy everything. Fifteen missing doses are tied to Adrian’s credentials. Some mistakes are his. Others are not. When Noah becomes the one witness who can prove Adrian was framed, their secret attraction turns into an uneasy alliance. A public “boyfriend” lie becomes seven days of living together, where every touch requires permission and every crisis forces Adrian to choose between hiding and asking for help. But someone inside the hospital is still using his identity, leaking private records, and feeding a family conspiracy that reaches into both men’s pasts. To save his career, Adrian must tell the truth about what he did— even if the truth keeps him out of medicine. And Noah must learn that loving someone does not mean rescuing them. Sometimes the doctor has to save himself.
