I sit down, and relax my shoulders. I'm going home. Not that it feels that way without... I look back to see if he's still there, but he's already walking to his car, almost imperceptible among the rain, that has now started violently assaulting the asphalt. He stops, unnoticed, immobile, a boy in the rain.
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Morgan Prince has always been a bit difficult to understand. Cold, distant, and apathy incarnate. Under the surface though, lies a glowing beating heart, ready to love the world as it is. Years of repression, and abuse from a manipulative mother has all but made Morgan empty, a void. And along came Dean Jacobs. Lukewarm, empathetic, funny. Almost Morgan's exact opposite. And yet the right joke at the right time, and Morgan's heart glew a little brighter. Can one little star make the void a brighter place?
Grief-stricken over the death of the boss who was like a father to her, Olivia Bailey is left to deal with the aftermath--the arrival of his dashing but estranged son, Pierce Alexander. But she can't stand him and he doesn't trust her. Will working for the new CEO remain to be an impossible task?
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Olivia Bailey might be plain and boring, but she's content with her current lifestyle, working for the kind but lonely old man who owns Alexander Corporation. But his untimely death flips her simple life upside down. Now, she must deal with his estranged son, the heir to his business empire, together with the growing feelings building up between them. Will Olive manage to bear the pressure and issues cropping up along the way--or is this too much to ask?
Disclaimer: This story won The Wattys 2014 People's Choice Award.
Cover Design by Ashley Marie Bandy