Where the Can’t Reach

Si.J 2 stories

Summary

Meara has spent her whole life cleaning up after her mother's broken promises. Sobriety was supposed to last forever-until it didn't. Now, with Celeste spiraling again, Meara is shipped off to Florida with Viktor, her mother's wealthy fiancé, to spend the summer in his family's sprawling beachside estate. She expects to feel like an outsider. What she doesn't expect is Leo-Viktor's brooding yet irresistibly charming nephew, home from Stanford and drowning in his own demons Leo has spent the last year carrying the weight of a loss he doesn't talk about. He keeps people at arm's length, avoiding the past and the guilt that lingers in its shadow. But then he meets Meara-who is just as guarded, just as lost, and just as good at pretending. As long summer days turn into sleepless nights filled with whispered confessions, Meara and Leo begin to break down each other's walls. But with the weight of their pasts threatening to pull them under, will their connection be enough to save them-or will they just be another heartbreak waiting to happen?