Love and Order: An Enemies to Lovers Romance (Legacy of the Maguires Book 4) by Stella Holt

Author:Stella Holt [Holt, Stella]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction
ISBN: 9781959988663
Publisher: Tule Publishing
Published: 2023-08-13T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Hailey

Something was off. Hailey’s focus was gone. Her skin tingled, and she had enough energy to run at least a 10k—and she didn’t even like to run. She’d finished her notification to the firm attempting to buy Mrs. Tovar’s company, and now she was impatiently waiting until one o’clock to see Finn. Her eager need to see him was unprofessional. Not to mention unnerving. She’d been so independent for so long, unable to count on anyone or let herself want anything from anyone.

She’d had a few acquaintances in college, classmates she’d studied with, but between school, working, and caring for her grandmother, she didn’t have much time. Friendships always seemed like a lot of extra work, and people would get nosy about her past. Boyfriends were a bit easier, more surface companionships. They provided company and met physical needs, but if they got clingy, she just moved on. Which would explain why she’d only had two real boyfriends and both were short-lived.

Since living in Alexandria, she hadn’t dated at all. She worked all the time. She was beginning to realize how sad that was. There was being driven and then there was being an obsessive hermit. The funny thing was, men often did ask her for her phone number at the grocery store or in the coffee shop near her place. One guy who worked at the courthouse had pursued her a bit, but she’d told him she wasn’t available. She was married to her ambition and chasing the junior partnership.

“Hey, are you ready to review my work?” Finn appeared in the doorway of her office. “I saved it in the shared folder for our case.”

His suit jacket was off, and his sleeves were cuffed up to reveal his tan forearms with a sprinkle of tawny hair that she itched to touch. Maybe he was the right guy to break her dry spell. Their chemistry was off the charts, but it was in complete conflict with her policy to never date anyone at work. Although if it was just hooking up, after hours, to relieve this pressure between them, then it wasn’t really dating. And if she made partner, she would just end it because there was no way she could expect the other rookies to respect her if she was sleeping with one of them. Sex—she had just acknowledged that she wanted to have sex with Finn.

He stepped farther into her tiny office, his eyes studying her as if he could read her mind.

“You okay? You look like you just figured something out,” he asked in a low tone.

“Yes. I’ll take a look and meet you in the bullpen,” she said, opening her laptop and squeezing her legs together.

She’d just given herself permission to have Finn, but first they needed to file these documents with the court. It was Friday, and once they were done at the courthouse, they could easily get away with not returning to the office. It was out of character for her and it was probably going to backfire, but she was long overdue for some fun.

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