by Jean Oram
“Does that shoe fit, Cinderella?”
“You calling me a princess? Because I’ll have you know a princess can’t do what I did last night.”
His steady gaze held something that made her insides go gooey. As though she mattered. As though he cared about her. And a bit as though she was responsible for the way he’d turned his world around. The way his smiles now lit up his face made her want to make him smile every day for the rest of their lives.
Yes, their lives. She’d made up her mind. Partners. All the way, and in every sense of the word.
“For future reference, that shoe does not fit. I’m a one-gal kind of guy.”
“Good to know.”
“So, Maya Summer. Have you decided what you’d like to do with your future?”
“You know…” She sat up. “I think I want to try mixing business and pleasure. If that offer is still on the table.”
He smiled as though she’d given him the best news of his life, and she fell a little bit further in love.
“It sure is,” he said.
“Good, because I might even like you.”
“Good, because I love my spitfire. And not just because of her grit and resiliency and bulldog attitude in the business world. You get me, and I get you, Maya. You make me laugh and want to be a better man. You fix my wounds and help me find purpose in my life.”
Maya’s heart skipped and stuttered. Did he just say…
“I said it too soon, didn’t I?”
She nodded hesitantly.
“You feel right, Maya Summer. And while my own patience isn’t particularly great, when my instincts tell me something is a good deal, I tend to move fast.”
“Snap decisions.”
“Is that going to be a problem?”
“Have you forgotten who I am?” She dropped a kiss onto his lips. “Besides, gut instincts never lie.”
“Listen to me, Spitfire, and we’ll go places.”
“I think we already are,” she replied. “We have the right asset mix to make it long-term.”
“Even through an economic bounce.”
“Downturns in the economy.”
“A bull market.”
“I love you when you talk dirty.”
“Do you, Maya?” He was serious.
“Love you?” she asked, playing for time. Could she tell him how she felt, just as he’d told her? Would it make things awkward or difficult if she let herself do so? Shut her eyes, let go of the rope and fall into whatever he had in mind?
Could she trust him? She was already changing her life for him. They were starting a business together here in Muskoka.
What about her plans? Her dreams? But things with him…they were the real dream, weren’t they? The thing she’d never dared allow herself to believe she could have—all of it. Business and pleasure and success and love. And all with one man.
The real dream: Connor MacKenzie.
“Yes. I love you. And not just because you’re willing to give me everything I’ve ever wanted and more, but because of the way you understand me, and know how I’m going to trip myself up even before I do. You’re there with the net to catch me before I hit the ground. And despite all my flaws, you are still here, willing to help me grow into the woman I really want to be. You trust me in ways I don’t trust myself.” Maya, her voice thick with emotion, whispered, “You make me a better person, Connor.”
“Aw, Maya.” He peppered her face with kisses and rolled her under him. “You are the lifeline I never knew I needed. Like a lighthouse on safe shores, beckoning to me through the storm. The one place I always wanted to be.”
She danced her fingers up his chest. “You’d better distract me soon, because we’re getting pretty mushy, and I hate to cry in front of men.”
“Oh, don’t worry, I have a lot of time before the next meeting.” He tenderly drew a line down her cheek with the tip of his finger. “Plenty of time to distract you from the fact that you’ve fallen for that mushy stuff called love.” He kissed her slow. “When is our next meeting again?”
“In about a week.”
“Then you’re going to be either one tired woman, or need to find a new project to keep me busy.”
“I think that might just be my destiny, Connor MacKenzie.”
Thank you for reading FALLING FOR THE BOSS. I hope you enjoyed the spark between Maya and Connor. But wait! The cottage isn’t saved yet! Melanie’s starting to find her place in the world, and she’s stirring up trouble that might just cost the sisters more than the cottage. Don’t miss what happens next in FALLING FOR THE SINGLE DAD.
One developer. One lawyer. One unexpected chance at love.
Divorced and living in Muskoka, Tristen Bell is shunning all that reminds him of his past and the unstoppable man he used to be. But when the beautifully curvy and unassumingly intelligent Melanie Summer thrusts her way into his life he’s hooked. The only problem is that she needs him. Needs him to don his old persona not only to keep her safe, but to help her save the day. But can he do it without losing his locked-up heart in the process?
Click to start reading Tristen and Melanie’s story, FALLING FOR THE SINGLE DAD, now!
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Jean Oram is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling romance author. Inspiration for her small town series came from her own upbringing on the Canadian prairies. Although, so far, none of her characters have grown up in an ol
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