All's Well that Friends Well: a workplace romcom (Lucky in Love Book 2) by Gracie Ruth Mitchell

Author:Gracie Ruth Mitchell [Mitchell, Gracie Ruth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2025-07-14T00:00:00+00:00

Aurora

You are in so much trouble, Jules.

Me

I’m on my way home right now!!!

I promise!!!

Aurora

Are you sure nothing happened last night? Because I have my doubts.

Me

Nothing happened!!!

Indy

Did you use protection?

Me

I JUST SAID NOTHING HAPPENED!!!

well…actually, one thing did happen

Aurora

?

Indy

???

Me

I GOT PROMOTED!!!

LUCA

It has been three days since the breakfast, and everywhere I go, I smell strawberry shortcake—especially my office.

All the time. It smells like strawberry shortcake all the time. She’s in here for a few minutes every morning, but somehow her scent lingers.

It has to stop. It must stop. And yet…if anything, it’s going to increase. Because on Monday Juliet will start as my assistant.

I didn’t know Rod was going to offer her that job on Sunday. Or, rather, I didn’t know he was going to make me offer her the job. I didn’t mean to say any of those things to Quincey Brewer, either. But Quincey was talking to her like that and I knew, I knew, how sensitive she is about her job, as much as she pretends not to care. I know how embarrassed she still feels about her experience in school. Quincey took all those things and threw them at her, and she was standing there with that look on her face, and the next thing I knew I was speaking.

If you ever need somewhere to rest…I’m here.

I startle as her words run through my mind—not for the first time, and probably not for the last. Because how did she know? How could she possibly have known?

I throw my pen down in frustration, leaning back in my chair and closing my eyes. That only invites other memories, though.

Sniveling Quincey Brewer, still chewing sour grapes, trying to wield what little power he has over someone he resents.

Juliet’s frozen expression, easier to read than she would want.

Memories from that morning, too—the polka dot bra, or the moment I told her I liked seeing her in my clothes.

It was true; there’s no denying that, as much as I wish I could. My mouth goes dry at the memory of my shirt hanging off her, her hair wet, her face screwed up as she told me off for stealing the hot water—looking more like an angry kitten than the tiger she was trying to be.

Still, true or not, I have never in my life admitted something like that to a woman I wasn’t dating. Ever. I’ve never told another woman about Maura, and I’ve never let a woman sleep in my house.

Something is shifting, changing. She’s wearing me down in a way I can’t define. It’s not necessarily romantic. It’s just…

She’s coming closer. She’s burrowing deeper. And somehow, despite all my attempts, I haven’t been able to stop her.

I need a vacation. I don’t care where; just someplace with a bed. I need to leave Lucky, Colorado, and sleep for a week straight.

To give myself a break, I stand up. Everything on the form in front of me is starting to blur, so I stretch for a second as my jaw gapes in a yawn I can’t quite stop.

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