What happens when the man you’d thought could be the one turns out to be your new boss?
Blakely
The moment I met Aston Cage, I knew my life had changed. A single dance later, we’re both all in. Until he ghosted me.
Then my boss fires me for dancing with the enemy.
Three months later, working for the Cages is my last resort. Now I’ll work beside him day by day, trying not to let my feelings take control. It’s heaven and hell. Except I’m starting to think there’s a part of this story I’m missing…
Aston
I made myself walk away from Blakely after my family’s dirty laundry hit the news. My father’s secret family complicates everything. In order to keep our inheritance intact, we’re forced to do monthly dinners with both sides of the family—the brothers I grew up with and the new set of siblings we never knew about.
An additional obstacle: Blakely is my new sister’s best friend.
Meaning the moment I give into temptation, I not only risk the woman I’m falling for, but the family legacy just starting to reveal itself.
But Blakley is worth it. I just have to prove I am as well.
**The Forever Rule is a missed connection, workplace, big city meets small town romance featuring Aston and Blakely. Each book can be read as a complete standalone. An HEA is guaranteed!**
“Just like that? I’m hired?”
He shrugged as if he hadn’t just changed my life. “We can go
over salary and benefits and hours and everything, but we want you. And I know
you need the job. And to be fair, I was a little worried that you weren’t going
to want to take it because of well…”
And the other elephant in the room
raised its trunk.
“You don’t have to worry about that. I haven’t spoken to him since that
evening.”
Confusion covered his face. “He didn’t call you?”
I winced. “I don’t know if that’s any of your business in an
interview, but no.”
He flinched. “I think we are past the point of not allowing
any personal things into this interview. I apologize.”
I shook my head, wondering why I’d snapped back as I had.
“No. You’re right. I’m the one that blurted that Isabella was my best friend.”
“And that’s the second thing. Is she going to be okay with
you working here?”
This time I smiled. “I think she promised to come and kick
shins if I didn’t get hired. So thanks for that.”
He grinned then. “I think I’m going to like this sister of
mine.”
“She’s my best
friend. And one of the most amazing people I know. So I hope you do. And I’m
really sorry all of this happened and it’s such a mess. But we do not need to
talk about that. And I’m sorry that I know so much about it.”
“It’s actually kind of nice that someone else knows outside
of the family. I mean the media pretends they know, but they don’t.”
I shook my head. “I can’t even imagine.”
He waved it off as if it was nothing, though I knew it
couldn’t be. “So, are you okay then working here? We’re complicated, we’re
demanding, but we’re not going to fire you because you dared to even breathe
next to our supposed rival.”
I press my lips together, wondering what the catch was. Who
were these Cages? And why was I inevitably connected to them?
But in the end, it didn’t matter.
“Yes. I’m in.”
He held out his hand again, and I shook it, as a wide smile
covered his face. “Good. Now we can let the world know we poached you from our
new rivals.”
This time I rolled my eyes. “Oh, he would love that.”
“Oh, we’ll make sure
he knows.”
“As long as it doesn’t blow up in our faces.”
“We can handle the embers.” He looked over my shoulder and
from the way that he stiffened ever so slightly, I froze.
I knew exactly who was behind me in that moment, and who I
knew I would inevitably see here.
However, James was my boss. My new boss. And as I turned to see Aston Cage there, I was afraid of
what I was going to see.
And afraid of what I wasn’t.
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