Elevator Pitch

by Evelyn Leigh

If you’ve ever been told “you’ll never find love if you don’t leave the house,” this one’s for you. & For those who need a reminder that they are worthy of love.

You grabbed my attention and held onto it, all while you were focused on that novel. I wanted to earn your gaze.”

“My name is Greyson, but you can call me Grey if you’re nasty,” he adds with a disarming smile.

Reading romance is amazing, but eventually, you start to wonder if your main character moment will ever come along. I can’t be the only one who feels that way.

He surprised me when he suggested we find a book to read together for the first time, so I made it a mission to find a book with our favorite tropes and a blurb that gave us chills. By the time we ring up our haul, the clerk tells us we picked great selections. I take a few steps away and check my phone when she rings up the final books so that I don’t have to see that total. He wasn’t lying when he said I could have any book I fucking wanted in that store.

“I have a hard time focusing. When my brain is bored with something, it seeks ways to entertain itself at any time. I focus better when my mind feels challenged, but when it doesn’t, I struggle.

“Brian is getting our groceries. A fucking man is doing our delivery. Prepare for the order to be wrong.”

I won’t say something I don’t mean to appease anybody else. Especially not “love.”

The last time I loved someone, it consumed me. I hyper focused on it, so much that I hadn’t even noticed it wasn’t mutual. The last time I loved someone, I mistook his attentiveness for adoration. He studied me with a goal to manipulate and abuse. I was nothing but a target. The last time I loved someone, it swallowed me whole. I fear that my heart won’t recover from the damage it’s endured.

I’m in love with Selah and she doesn’t even know it.

I don’t need anybody, but when Greyson is present, I need him.

I know this isn’t a romance novel.

lol, or is it? 🤔

What good would that do for him? If you’re ready to love and be loved, why waste time waiting for someone that isn’t to eventually come around? I’m surely not worth all that trouble. I’m not healed enough, and I don’t want to damage anyone’s heart while mending my own. I am chaos and Greyson is peace.

Love doesn’t give a damn if you’re ready for it. When it knocks you answer.

I know you don’t love me back, but I just hope one day you’ll allow yourself to be loved. Because you deserve it just as much as you think I do.

If I could prove I was worthy of a beautiful garden, I may be lucky enough to keep it alive.