Sent on a reluctant errand to deliver “love-potion” cookies meant to mend an engagement, she watches a close male friend eat one by mistake. The sweets hide an aphrodisiac, and his suppressed feelings explode into rough, possessive desire aimed at her. Caught between responsibility and temptation, she must navigate a dangerous shift from friendship to heat—where consent, guilt, and obsession collide. “You didn’t turn me into a beast just to play dumb… did you?