Lucky: A Love Lane Short

By Olivia Thomas

Kate Winters is down on her luck. Dumped by her boyfriend and alone, she is faced with the daunting task of moving into a new apartment. With no money to hire a moving company, Kate turns to the one man she knows will never turn her away.

Hiding behind black glasses and a computer, Henry has spent each day at Klein Associates silently pining over his very beautiful co-worker. Now that Kate is available, Henry is ready to shed his quiet persona and go after what he wants.

What starts off as a hard day of moving furniture turns into a night full of surprises and pas-sion when Kate and Henry get Lucky.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Olivia Thomas
• Release date: Oct 14, 2015
• ISBN: 9781310112775

Olivia Thomas

With a vivid imagination Olivia has been writing short stories ever since she could hold pen to paper.Now as a busy working mother of two rambunctious little girls she squeezes in time to write whenever she can. You will often find scraps of paper filled with story notes in every nook and cranny of her home.

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LUCKY:

A Love Lane Romantic Short

By Olivia L. Thomas

Copyright © 2015 by Olivia L. Thomas

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This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the author, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other noncommercial uses permitted by copyright law.

Editing by: C&D Editing

Cover Design by: Natalie Catalano

Dedication

To my husband and children. I couldn’t have done this without your support.

Kate Winters is down on her luck. Dumped by her boyfriend and alone, she is faced with the daunting task of moving into a new apartment. With no money to hire a moving company, Kate turns to the one man she knows will never turn her away.

Hiding behind black glasses and a computer, Henry has spent each day at Klein Associates silently pining over his very beautiful co-worker. Now that Kate is available, Henry is ready to shed his quiet persona and go after what he wants.

What starts off as a hard day of moving furniture turns into a night full of surprises and passion when Kate and Henry get Lucky.

Lucky is book one in the Love Lane romantic short story series.

Each book can be read as a standalone but are best enjoyed in order.

Prologue

Standing on the sidewalk in front of 534 Love Lane, I have an overwhelming sense that everything is as it should be. With my eyes closed, I tilt my head back and face the bright, early morning sunshine. Rays of pink and yellow dance behind my eyes as the cool summer air bathes my face.

Dropping my head back down, I open my eyes and look straight ahead at the three-story, brick, 20th Century Colonial Revival apartment building with its large, columned entry and bright green door welcoming me to my new life.

I can’t help thinking back over the past few stressful months as I take a deep breath and let out all of the pent up tension in one long exhale. This building and my new apartment on the second floor are where my life starts anew. No more loveless relationships, no more putting my job ahead of my happiness. No, this place is my new beginning. This beautiful building on this pristinely quiet street in Brooklyn Heights is where I am going to find my happiness.

Chapter One

Son of a bitch, I yell while banging my fists on the vending machine window. It is taking all of my strength not to burst into tears or, better yet, kick the fucking shit out of the damn machine.

For the love of God, all I want is some chocolate. Give up the goods, I wail again in frustration.

Just when I thought my life couldn’t possibly get any worse, here I am, hands gripping the sides of a vending machine and fighting for a piece of candy that I know will only lead me down a path of caloric destruction. Chocolate today, my good friends Ben and Jerry tomorrow and so on until I find myself in a corner surrounded by empty bags of Skittles rocking back and forth and mumbling about chasing rainbows.

God, I’m such a mess.

Hey, Kate, honey, how about you take a step back. I think the poor vending machine has taken enough abuse for one morning and I wouldn’t be surprised if the whole office heard you yelling.

I turn at the voice and realize in my embarrassment that Mindy, my co-worker and best friend, has been at the coffee counter this entire time, watching me make a complete ass of myself. I can’t believe I just attacked the vending machine. I am so mortified that if I could magically make myself disappear right now I would. I have officially become one of those people who bring their personal problems to work. What the hell is wrong with me? I briefly consider blaming it on my period. That seems like a reasonable excuse for losing ones shit right?

Sorry, Mindy, the last few days have been shit.

I noticed. Here, take this. Mindy hands me half of her chocolate chip muffin then walks over to the communal table where she pulls out a chair for me with a slight nod, indicating that I should take a seat. I follow and slowly lower myself down into the chair.

So, what’s up?

Hesitant to show my failings yet desperate to talk to someone, I can tell just by the look of acceptance on Mindy’s face that she won’t judge or criticize. She is here to listen to me vent and nothing more, which is just what I need.

Braydon and I broke up, I tell her