Watching Her
Allyson Wright
Lexi Reed doesn’t run from a fight—just from anything that feels real.
At thirty-nine, she’s a two-time divorcee, a mother of three, and a woman who has learned the hard way that love doesn’t last. Not for her. Not the way it’s supposed to.
So when Mason Hale walks into her life—too confident, too persistent, and way too young—she shuts him down fast.
Men like him don’t stay.
They don’t choose women like her.
And they definitely don’t come with good endings.
But Mason isn’t like the men she’s known before.
He doesn’t walk away when she pushes.
He doesn’t disappear when things get complicated.
And he refuses to let her believe she’s just another mistake waiting to happen.
What starts as irritation turns into tension.
Tension turns into something deeper.
And before Lexi realizes what’s happening, the one man she swore she’d never fall for is the only one she can’t seem to let go.
But falling is one thing.
Trusting him?
That might be the hardest fight of her life.
Because when your past has taught you love doesn’t last…
sometimes the scariest thing isn’t losing someone.
It’s choosing to stay.
