Tattoo Heartist: A Grumpy x Sunshine Dark Romance (Broken Dolls: A Sister Duet)

Men like me don't deserve soft things. But I kept her anyway. Spent my life solving problems with my fists. In the ring. In the streets. In the shadows of Chicago's underground. But I’m a man on borrowed time, borrowed money, living a life that’s not mine. She was soft in every way I'm not. And underneath all that gentleness she was carrying something dark. Pain she won't let me touch, secrets she won't let me carry. Love and pain feel the same when that's all you've ever known. Which means I wasn’t supposed to bump into Tristian Locke. Wasn’t supposed to let him drive me home, feel safe around him, or fall in love. I was supposed to manage him. Report back. Keep him in line. He carries scars I'm only beginning to understand. And the closer I get, the more I realize the monsters in my life were never the ones who looked like him. He wants to know my hurt, wants to be the one to take it away.