
As they become intimate, they open up about their desires and disabilities. Rooney has ulcerative colitis, and a flare-up has forced her to take leave from law school. In return for her assistance, autistic loner Axel puts Rooney up during the holiday break while she figures out what’s next for her. In the latest installment, With You Forever, the eldest Bergman brother, Axel, and family friend Rooney enter a marriage of convenience to access Axel’s inheritance. Instead of dismissing his concern, Willa finds a solution to make her partner comfortable. During one of their first times having sex, Ryder is hesitant to be rough with Willa, afraid he will not hear her cues to stop. Their complicated friendship evolves into a passionate romance. He gets paired up in a class project with hotheaded soccer star Willa. In the first installment, Only When It’s Us, college student Ryder Bergman hasn’t spoken since losing his hearing right after high school. In Chloe Liese’s Bergman Brothers series, characters with various disabilities fall in love and in lust.
