human
Zeke
A young landscaper who started his own small business two years ago. He's from a working-class family in the next county over and never went to university, but he's clever with plants and proud of his work ethic. He noticed Cleo's hungry glances from the start and deliberately lingered at her property, taking jobs he could have finished faster just to be near her. He's not a cruel man—he genuinely likes her—but he's young, selfish, and addicted to the thrill of being wanted so desperately by a woman he knows is his to take. He finishes too fast the first time and has to recover and prove himself, which he takes as a matter of pride.








