Her Sweetest Fortune

Her Sweetest Fortune
Stella Bagwell

Friends with Benefits?Sophie Fortune Robinson is certain the office heart-throb is her one true love, but when he turns out to be a dud, Mason Montgomery is ready and waiting for her. Will these two be able to set aside their doubts to pursue their feelings?

Friends With...Benefits?

Sophie Fortune Robinson is on a mission. The word around the office watercooler is that the boss’s youngest daughter is intent on landing Mr. Right by Valentine’s Day—and that she has her eyes, and heart, set on a certain hunk in Marketing. But when she enlists her longtime pal and coworker Mason Montgomery to teach her how to get a man to notice her, little does she know she’s already captured his attention!

Now Mason’s in a real bind! He has just a few short weeks to fight his way out of the “friend zone.” On his agenda: convincing sweet Sophie that he is the real man of her dreams! Will Fortune smile on true love’s venture?

MEET THE FORTUNES

Fortune of the Month: Sophie Fortune Robinson

Age: 24

Vital statistics: Long brown hair, big brown eyes and a big fat trust fund.

Claim to fame: At Robinson Tech, she’s in charge of hiring and firing—and is most likely to steal hearts.

Romantic prospects: She is Jerome Fortune’s youngest daughter, so why shouldn’t she get what—or whom—she wants?

Time is running out. Valentine’s Day is coming soon, which means I’ve got only fourteen days to get Thom Nichols, that superhot guy in Marketing, to notice me. My sister Olivia thinks I shouldn’t try so hard, but what does she know?

Luckily, I’ve got a secret weapon:

Mason Montgomery. He works across the hall from me in IT. It’s really helpful to have a man’s point of view on all this. Mason is a great guy, and I trust him completely. He’s handsome and smart and loyal as a Saint Bernard, and he gives good advice to boot. With Mason’s help I’m sure to land my Mr. Right. Who is Thom Nichols. Not Mason. Or at least, that’s what I keep telling myself...

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Her Sweetest Fortune

Stella Bagwell

www.millsandboon.co.uk (http://www.millsandboon.co.uk)

After writing more than eighty books for Mills & Boon, STELLA BAGWELL still finds it exciting to create new stories and bring her characters to life. She loves all things Western and has been married to her own real cowboy for forty-four years. Living on the South Texas coast, she also enjoys being outdoors and helping her husband care for the horses, cats and dog that call their small ranch home. The couple has one son, who teaches high school mathematics and is also an athletic director. Stella loves hearing from readers. They can contact her at stellabagwell@gmail.com.

To Susan Litman for all her hard work on

the fabulous Fortune saga. Thank you!

Contents

Cover (#u96419ba8-9af8-5edc-9343-610e769cbe74)

Back Cover Text (#u23389fd2-6a26-5805-8f8b-1e03c7923509)

Introduction (#u74f9b580-5794-54d3-808a-b9e8e303d2fc)

Title Page (#ub01bc86c-1b8e-5300-93f0-a657d098be16)

About the Author (#u7be74ba2-a4e7-5322-9f77-0e61cbc0bb1f)

Dedication (#u344425b9-1e54-5f4e-9311-7c643bf16249)

Chapter One (#ulink_869ec490-e4ac-519c-bb42-ab994040ff8a)

Chapter Two (#ulink_5d224a57-3e87-5a93-8128-f8331104d1cc)

Chapter Three (#ulink_30a8b417-bff5-50da-9e11-36c7aa704790)

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Chapter Thirteen (#litres_trial_promo)

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Chapter One (#ulink_a331441a-1eb2-5308-bb5f-ace634ccc549)

She had to do something and fast!

For the past several hours, the words of warning had made a monotonous loop through Sophie Fortune Robinson’s mind, making it virtually impossible to concentrate on the work scattered across her desk.

As assistant director of human resources at Robinson Tech, it was Sophie’s responsibility to make sure two new training programs were ready to be implemented in a few short days. At the rate she was going, the task would never get finished.

Darn it! If Sophie hadn’t turned a corner at just the right moment, she would’ve been spared the sickening sight of her dream man with another woman. Now the image of Thom Nichols stepping off the elevator with his arm wrapped around Tanya Whitmore’s slender waist was stuck in Sophie’s head.

The sexy grin he’d been giving the willowy blonde had made it quite apparent he was enjoying every minute of her company. The realization had left Sophie nauseous and even more desperate. She couldn’t sit back and wait for Thom Nichols to take notice of her. She had to come up with some sort of strategy to snare the man’s attention.

But how did a woman go about making herself appealing to the sexiest man alive? There was hardly a female working at Robinson Tech who didn’t sigh at the mere mention of Thom’s name. Sophie didn’t want to think of her opposition in terms of numbers: it would be too staggering. Besides, she already knew the task of snaring her man wasn’t going to be easy.

But Sophie’s father, the giant tech mogul Gerald Robinson, had lectured her plenty of times about setting goals and achieving them through hard work and confidence. The same could be applied in this situation. Her goal was to have Thom Nichols as her Valentine dream date.

Now, if she could just figure out how to make that happen.

“Sophie? What are you doing here at this hour?”

Since everyone in her department had left hours ago, the unexpected voice caught her by surprise, especially when she’d been sitting there with her head in the clouds.

Glancing over her shoulder, she saw Mason Montgomery shoving back the cuff of a pale blue dress shirt to study his watch. The tall, dark-haired computer programmer had probably seen her staring off into space like some lovesick teenager. The notion sent a flood of pink embarrassment to her cheeks.

Mason was far too intellectual and mature to understand a woman’s crush on an attractive man. Or was he? With him working just across the hall from her, they’d often exchanged greetings and talked about work or current events, but they’d never been more than casual friends. He was a crackerjack programmer who’d created several highly successful apps for the company. He was also mannerly and nice-looking in a boy-next-door kind of way. He just wasn’t Thom Nichols.

“Oh, hi, Mason. I guess I’ve been so engrossed in my work I didn’t notice the time.” Which wasn’t a complete lie, she thought. It had been hours since she’d glanced at the clock on her desk, but only because she’d been too busy fantasizing about her Valentine date. At least, the man she was hoping would become her Valentine.

A frown furrowed his forehead. “Surely your father doesn’t expect you to wear yourself out. I realize he’s a stickler about deadlines, but I don’t think he’d want his daughter to collapse with fatigue.”

Laughing, Sophie swiveled her chair so that she was facing her late night visitor. “Most everyone in the building thinks Gerald Robinson is a taskmaster, but he’s really just a big teddy bear with a loud growl.”