Resorting to Love: a spicy friends to lovers romance (London, With Love) by Olivia Isley

Author:Olivia Isley [Isley, Olivia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Literate Llama
Published: 2025-02-04T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter twenty-one

Mia

Will and I are silent as we head back to our room. Ingrid assured me that the dress I’m planning to wear will work perfectly tonight. She told me people go all out, and there is no such thing as overdressed at a Starlight Resorts event.

Damien and Will shared a laugh about being embarrassed to wear the same outfit, both black suits.

Will closes the door behind me. I slump onto the end of the bed.

“Goddamn.” I pull the clip out of my hair, sending my curls cascading down my shoulders. “I hoped Bryce was doing an okay job, at least.” I throw myself on my back onto the bed. “I’m going to have to do something about it, aren’t I?”

Will sits next to me. “You don’t have to do anything. This doesn’t have to be your problem.” He pauses, raising his eyebrows. “But I do think it’d be the right thing to do.”

“Of course it’s my problem,” I say, flopping my arms out by my sides. I don’t want to say this out loud yet, but this whole time I’ve been looking for some connection to my birth family, and what if this is it?

Everything clicks into place. I’ve been searching for the thing that makes me feel like I’m part of my birth family. Visiting the resorts, visiting Craig, none of it had worked. But this—this is my family’s legacy. It matters. And all it takes for me to realize it is some asshole trying to fuck it all up.

I let out a groan as the realization that I can’t leave it alone tumbles around my brain. “I don’t know the first thing about running resorts. And I have a job. I barely have any real-life skills other than lawyering. That’s not going to be useful, is it?”

“Here, sit up,” Will says, pulling himself up so his back is against the headboard. He gestures for me to sit between his legs. I barely hesitate before rolling inelegantly onto my side, then nestle between Will’s muscular legs. He squeezes my shoulders, massaging away some of the tension.

A couple of minutes later, he starts speaking. “So I have this client. She started this business at home making candles. Then she got much bigger, and she hired someone else to make candles, and she handled the admin stuff. She came to me because while her profits have increased, she’s not as happy.” He smooths his palms down my arms, squeezing my biceps as he goes. My tension is evaporating with each touch.

“Well, not exactly the same problem, but a similar conceptual one. She and I worked out the best thing for her to do was to hire a person to do all the admin stuff, a chief operating officer. She got to stick with the creative work that got her into the industry, it was the best use of her skills.”

He's on a roll now. I’ve never seen him like this. It’s hot, seeing him in his element.

“Same concept here. Maybe you can solve your Bryce problem by hiring a new Bryce.

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