Breaking the Grumpy Ex-Seal: Age Gap, Forced Proximity Romance
Laney Monroe
Tessa Daniels drives me up the wall—too sunny, too stubborn, and way too young for a man with fifteen years on her.
We’re stuck inside Cross Shield’s server room, racing to stop a breach before it destroys everything. Every second, the line between right and want blurs. She pushes me, makes me feel alive in ways I thought were dead.
Her laugh wrecks my defenses. Her touch brands me. When her lips crash into mine, everything explodes—heat, hunger, something I’ve spent years pretending I don’t warmth, hope, her.
The deeper we dig, the clearer it gets—we’re not just fighting code. Someone inside Cross Shield wants us gone.
A message flashes across the We know what she means to you. Step back, or she disappears.
I’m a former Navy SEAL. I’ve lost before—but not this time. I’ll burn down the world to protect her—and no one is taking her from me.

