Asking For A Friend by Ali Parker

Marissa:
All I needed was a chance.
A chance to make right the wrongs in my past. A chance to stay afloat. A chance to make the best living I could under the circumstances.
Jeffrey Bridges gave me that chance. He allowed me to prove myself to him and to make an honest living doing it. When he passed away, I thought my chance died with him.
Until I received a phone call that changed everything.
Again.
It looked old man Bridges came through for me one last time.
But then I met his son. This could be my last chance, but Layton Bridges might be my chance and my downfall all at once. I’m a big, beautiful woman, but this was one workplace relationship I couldn’t have any part of.
Layton:
My dad wasn’t my favorite person. No one he approved of was someone I could possibly want in my life. Right?
Wrong.
Marissa Hughes was forced on me so I could get what should be mine. The right thing to do was to keep her at arms length, but all my arms wanted was to wrap her up in them.
But that isn’t how I roll. This one time, it’s more important than ever that I remember that.