Tap Left by A. Zavarelli
He wears a crown of barbed wire to keep others at bay.
Prickly, mean, and emotionally disengaged—Adrian Daire is the ultimate brooding alpha-hole. With his smoldering good looks and huge bank account, he's an irresistible jerk to most women. But to Lola, he's her dead boyfriend's beast of a brother.
When Ryan passed away, Adrian took it upon himself to look after Lola. His version of that is bossing her around and judging her.
He’s order, and she's chaos. The two don’t mix.
While Daire is the last person Lola would ever ask for help, he enlists himself when Lola decides it's time to find her new Mr. Right on a dating app.
As he offers her his guidance, old tensions rise to the surface along with new ones. When a potential suitor sets his sights on Lola, it should be an easy decision.
Only, the longer she spends with Adrian, the more she realizes the hatred they've harbored for each other has unearthed something beneath the surface. An emotion that feels more like… love.
But when the truth is unveiled, it sets them on an unavoidable collision course that could destroy everything.
There’s a thin line between hate and tolerance, and it seems to sit squarely between us. Lola Bell could easily bring an army of men to their knees, as long as she never opened her mouth. She’s soft in too many ways. A people-pleaser who goes the extra mile. Some might call her an easy target. In short, she has all of the qualities that I despise. But when it comes to me, she doesn’t hesitate to fling her poison arrows my way. She has every right to her feelings. Over the years, I’ve given her plenty of ammo. Yeah, I hate Lola. But it doesn’t stop me from wanting her too. When she makes me a proposition I can’t refuse, there’s just one problem. She tastes so f*cking sweet. So f*cking good. So f*cking mine.