Mirrors by A.L. Woods

Raquel:

I live my life by one rule: fight to survive.
I don’t like people; I don’t like my job, and I definitely do not like the broody man I’m interviewing.
I’ve built up these walls to keep me safe, Sean’s presence in my world would only complicate things.
He wouldn’t know what to do with me if I came with an instruction manual–because women like me don’t get the happily ever after.
He might just be the one to break the mirror of my fragile identity.
And if I’m not careful? I’ll let him.

Sean:

I live my life by one rule: family is everything.
I do this for the money; I don’t care about flipping houses, and I don’t like being interrogated about it by this wannabe Hemingway.
But I can’t deny my immediate attraction towards her, it fills my mind with what if’s–and I only just met her.
Raquel doesn’t know what she wants, but I know what she needs.
I’m ready to give her it all.
Even if she needs to hate me first.