Matched with the Boss: A Sweet Grumpy Sunshine Romance (Misty Mountain Matchmakers Book 3) by Macie St. James

Author:Macie St. James [St. James, Macie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-08-31T16:00:00+00:00

11

Jordan stood on the stage at what was once called Misty Mountain Music, her laptop clutched to her chest. With everything happening these days, she felt at home here, on this stage. In fact, if she could just move her desk here and work, it would ease her mind a lot.

“Ready?”

She heard Lucky’s voice but didn’t see him at first. He was standing in the doorway, arms crossed, but the way the light shone in from the windows behind him, she couldn’t make out his expression. She just knew the set of those shoulders and that confident but casual stance.

“I suppose.” She sighed and looked down at the laptop.

They were supposed to jump on a video chat with her boss and explain all the stuff that had happened at Town Hall last night. But to say she was dreading it would be the understatement of the year.

He stepped into the room. “You did a great job last night. I have your back. If he gives you a hard time, we’ll remind him that we’re just the messengers.”

He had her back. They were doing this together. These were the words she needed to hear right now.

“Where do you want to set up?” he asked, starting toward her.

It was weird with the big, empty room and no seats. She was used to looking out over tables and chairs—or in other theaters, rows of chairs—when she stood on a stage. There should be an audience in front of her, even if the seats were empty. Everything was on hold. Lucky had sent his crew out on other jobs until they got the word from Jordan’s boss.

“We can set up backstage if you want,” she said. “I just wanted to take a few minutes up here. It’s weird, but I feel safe on this stage.”

Lucky had stopped in the middle of the room to stare at her. Maybe he sensed she was about to reveal something important about herself. Or maybe he was respectfully giving her a minute to work through whatever she was feeling up here. That was what her acting teachers would have done back in the day.

“I had my first kiss up here,” she said. “I was only fourteen.”

“Fourteen?” The incredulity came through in his voice.

“It wasn’t a real kiss. It was a stage kiss.”

“What does that even mean?” He tilted his head slightly, eyeing her quizzically. “Closed mouth?”

A laugh escaped her lips. “Not even that. In this case, because I was so young, they had him put his thumb over my lips and kiss his thumb.”

Lucky made a face, and that face echoed exactly how she felt about it at the time. Night after night, she had to pretend to go all swoony over a sixteen-year-old boy kissing his thumb while it rested over her lips. It had been beyond weird.

“Is that how all stage kisses go?” he asked.

“Not usually,” she said. “But they’re never as romantic as the real thing.”

The air in the room seemed to suddenly get heavier as her gaze landed on his face.

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