My librarian froze mid-page: 'I can't read when you look like that'—then the city shut us down fast.

Описание: I came to St. Jude’s Annex in Portland to inspect an old library that smelled like wet wool and dry rot. I was supposed to write the report, call it unsafe, and walk away. But the director, Valentina Rodriguez, looked at me like she was holding the whole building up with her will. She did not want my opinions. She wanted facts. Then I found the truth in the walls. Rot in the columns. A cracked truss in the roof. Water pushing up from the basement like the ground itself was trying to take the place back.
Valentina needed a grant to save the library, and a rich developer wanted it condemned so he could buy it cheap. I should have stayed professional. I should have kept my distance. But every night I stayed longer, fixing what I could, until the library felt like a living thing we were trying to keep alive together. And then she closed her book, looked at me, and whispered words I still cannot forget.
A late-night brace. A surprise inspection. A storm that knocked out the power. A fall in the dark archives. A kiss that felt like home. Then the next morning, a stop-work order hit my hands like a punch, and Valentina looked at me like I had betrayed her. To save the building, I had to risk my career the right way, not the secret way. And to earn her trust, I had to stop deciding for her and start standing beside her.
If you love emotional, slow-burn romance with real tension, strong chemistry, and a happy ending that feels earned, this story is for you.

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