Fight It (Until We Can't)

He’s a property analyst hired to find the cracks. She’s the operations manager who will make sure he doesn’t.

Carli Porter runs The Lochwell like it’s her own. From the morning rush at the coffee shop to the late-night hum of the pub, every brick and every tenant is under her care. She’s spent years building a life and a community within these walls, and she isn’t about to let it all go.

The only problem? The building belongs to someone else, and that someone just sent his best friend to decide its fate.

Alexander Grassi is smart, annoyingly hard to hate, and has the kind of forearms that make it very difficult to stay mad. He was supposed to write a report and leave—not start showing up to trivia night or turning her coffee cup so the handle faces her.

He was definitely not supposed to look at her like she’s the best thing in a building full of things worth saving.

She says his report could ruin her life. He says she’s not wrong. She says that makes him the last person she should want around. He says he’s staying anyway.

Because some legacies and people are worth fighting for.