He is a bachelor and a notorious womanizer—someone a family has absolutely no place in his life.
She appeared in his path by accident. Beautiful, fragile, and—she was in trouble. How could he not help? At least for his own selfish and rather pleasant goals.
“Only I have a daughter,” she says, right after I suggested she live with me.
“What?” I say, stammering.
“And my younger brother, too. But we’ll be exemplary neighbors, I promise. The only thing I ask is that there be no flirting or any kind of relationship between us. Please, keep your distance.”