Lailani (lay-lani) Autumn Davis- 18 year old high school graduate, persistent to get her degree in art. Hobbies? You ask, any form of art, painting, sketching, designing, doodling, the arts of literature, musical arts, especially the guitar, and drums occasionally, preforming arts, ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical, theater, singing, alone in the shower of course, writing songs to sing in the shower. Sleeping, dreaming whilst asleep, binge watching the home alone trilogy, surfing , and volleyball.
She's interesting, guys don't like interesting, being interesting means you have depth, having depth means you're mysterious, unknown, people try to figure you out, it means you're intelligent. Intelligent enough not to sleep with any guy on the first date or the second.
She has to make sure all of the things she's been preparing herself for are going to help her in the 'real-world' as her mother used to say, but little does her mother know that she's been in the 'real-world' ever since a 'family friend' put her in the same room as a sex-offender. She's been a child with adult problems until now.
All of these 'grown up' problems and to top it off
Men.
Specifically Zayn and Dominic, those two specific men.
I guess you can call them her soft spot.
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