What happens when the one person you should never want becomes the only one who truly understands you? And how much would you risk for a love that could destroy everything you've built? Dr. Elara Bennett has spent years building a life defined by discipline and boundaries. At thirty-nine, the respected Seattle trauma therapist is known for her calm professionalism and emotional control. Since losing her wife three years ago, she has learned to keep her heart carefully guarded-buried beneath work, routine, and rules that are never meant to be broken. Then Sloane Marlowe walks into her office. At twenty-eight, Sloane is one of Hollywood's fastest-rising actresses-bold on screen, confident in interviews, and admired by millions. But behind the spotlight lies a different reality: crushing industry pressure, relentless public attention, and a loneliness that fame can't hide. Their connection begins where it should always remain safe-inside a therapy room. Professional. Measured. Controlled. But from their first conversation, something unexpected shifts between them. A glance that lingers too long. A vulnerability that feels dangerously personal. A connection that grows stronger with every session. Elara knows the rules. A therapist can never cross that line. Her career, her reputation, and everything she has worked for depend on maintaining distance. Yet the closer they grow, the harder it becomes to ignore what's building between them. When outside pressures push Sloane into temporary seclusion at a remote coastal retreat, a single moment of emotional truth changes everything. Suddenly the boundaries that once protected them become impossible to hold. Now their secret carries real consequences. A career could be destroyed. A professional life could collapse. And the world is watching more closely than either of them realizes. Walking away might save them both. But letting go of the one person who truly sees you can be its own kind of heartbreak. Love Me Like It's Forbidden is an emotionally charged sapphic romance about grief, vulnerability, and the risks we take when love appears where it was never meant to exist. Set between the quiet intimacy of therapy rooms and the relentless glare of celebrity life, this story explores what happens when two women must choose between protecting their futures and following their hearts. Some boundaries are meant to protect us! Others exist only to be broken!!