A New Year Rendezvous

One night. One mistake. One countdown that changes everything. Chad only wanted a drink with the guys to close out a brutal year. His wife chose work over midnight kisses again, and resentment has been simmering longer than he wants to admit. A bar. A birthday girl with a wicked smile. A moment that should have ended at no. but didn't. Hayleigh is young, bold, and completely uninterested in rules.
When she sets her sights on Chad, the line between loyalty and temptation blurs fast. What begins as flirting turns into a reckless New Year's rendezvous neither of them planned on surviving unchanged. But secrets don't stay hidden forever. As midnight approaches and truths collide, Chad learns that desire has a cost and sometimes the fallout arrives before the clock strikes twelve. A provocative short story about temptation, betrayal, and the dangerous choices we make when we think no one is watching.