We don’t really need a lawyer around here, but maybe one wouldn’t be the worst idea. So I only met her a month ago even though she knows everyone. She grew up in Troping but only came back to town recently after passing the bar and becoming a lawyer. I give Donna a smile before pushing my glasses up my nose. At the moment, the only people in the building are Mayor North and me. The front door swings open, pulling my attention away from the snow to greet whoever has entered City Hall. Right now, I should be going over emails and some rezoning thing, but I’m looking through the window and watching the thick snowflakes fall. I’d never seen it until I moved here, and even now, it can still distract me. This place is lit up like a Christmas tree year-round, and I kind of love it. I’d gone from a small town that lived and breathed football to a small town that lives and breathes Christmas. I worked as a receptionist for a dentist in my old town and saved up enough to buy a car the year before so I packed it with all my things and made the drive. Since I lived with my parents, I didn’t have much stuff.

That’s one of the first things I learned about him. He reassured me I’d have a place to live when I got here and that everything would be taken care of. Right away, he started checking off all the boxes that I had going in my head. I was clueless on how to get there, but somehow North sensed my panic when he told me I’d gotten the job. I was still living with my parents, and I had no idea where to live once I got to Troping. I couldn’t just move from Alabama to Colorado-or so I thought. By the time the interview was done, he hired me on the spot. We chatted about everything and nothing, but he didn’t really ask me much about my skill set. They clearly make men a whole lot sexier in Colorado. There wasn’t a lot to add since I only have an associate’s degree of general studies, which I got online.ĭuring the Skype interview, I almost fell out of my seat when I saw Mayor North for the first time.

I didn’t put much effort into it and actually forgot about it. I think it might have to do with that LinkedIn page I made randomly one day. Or more specifically fell in my email inbox. Never in a million years did I think I’d get the job. Still, I loved the idea of a small town, so when I saw Troping, Colorado had a job opening for a personal assistant, I jumped at the opportunity. Some people might love growing up and living in the same town their whole life, but when you’re the nerdy girl that got picked on through high school, not so much. That's what I wanted: to escape and start anew.

I grew up in a small town in Alabama, so I knew moving to another small town wouldn’t be much of an issue. When I first moved here, I wasn’t sure how I’d take to things. My desk gives me the perfect view of the main strip of Troping. I watch the snow fall on the town from my office in City Hall.

The cozy agreement by alexa riley