Not If I Stay: A Spicy Second-Chance Workplace Romance (Vanguard Office Romances Book 2)

A spicy standalone second-chance workplace romance in the Vanguard Office Romances series.

Mia Laurent hasn’t seen Nate Carter in years.

Not since high school.

Not since he left without giving her the explanation she deserved.

She built a life without him. A career. Control. Rules she never planned to break for the boy who broke her heart.

Then Nate walks into Vanguard Marketing as her new coworker.

Now he’s in the same meetings. On the same projects. Across the table during late nights that should feel strictly professional.

Except nothing about Nate has ever felt simple.

The tension between them isn’t new.

It’s unfinished.

Mia tells herself she’s over him. Nate tells himself he’s only there to do the job.

But old chemistry does not stay buried for long, and one kiss is all it takes to make the past feel dangerously present.

Nate still knows exactly how to get under her skin.

Mia isn’t the girl who waits anymore.

And when her future finally opens in front of her, she has to decide whether the man who left once is worth risking her heart for again.

This time, Nate isn’t asking her to stay.

But walking away from him might be harder than she thought.

🔥 Inside:
• Second chance romance
• High school first love
• Forced proximity at work
• He left first—but never moved on
• Slow burn → high heat payoff
• Tension-heavy, emotionally charged spice
• No cheating, no love triangles
• Guaranteed HEA