natural nurturer, she always tried to help with that. Of course, she knew that
she couldn’t really ever choose for another person or make them change,
but she kept going for the same type over and over.
Kiera wasn’t anything like those women. Kiera wasn’t like anyone Romi
had ever met. Kiera was her own person. She might be beautiful, like the
other women Romi dated, but she was confident and put together. She ran
her own business. She truly did captain her own ship or however that went
about people who knew how to direct their own life. She was a self-made
woman. She’d worked hard to make her own money and she’d taken on a
passion project instead of just riding into the freaking sunset and living the
easy life like some people would have. She was passionate. She truly cared.
She wasn’t just intelligent, she was also knowledgeable. In short, she was
incredible. The fact that she was older than her and Romi had always dated
women her age or slightly younger, just added to Kiera’s allure.
“You’re thinking about her, aren’t you?”
Romi knew that she couldn’t really deny it without Jack seeing straight
through her, so she just shook her head. “Whatever.” She closed the
dishwasher hard.
“You have to add soap to that.”
“That seems like a good task for you.” She smiled overly sweetly at her
brother. “And don’t tell anyone about my crush on my boss. Mom and dad
would just worry about me and Emily would freaking pester me for details
constantly. She’s hopelessly romantic and that really is hopeless. Even if
she was a lesbian, she’s still my boss and that doesn’t work out. Ever.”
“You know my lips are always sealed with your secrets, but keep an open
mind. Like I said. Not everyone is all bad. You’ve just been lucky enough to
pick the rotten apples out of the barrel.”
“They’ve been really rotten, but maybe that’s my fault too. I’m the one
who keeps picking them and not learning.”
“Maybe you need to go online. Try that. Or I could ask around and see if