Live and Let Grow

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Alice is in love with her best friend. Now all she needs to do is tell him.
Best buds Milo Manganiello and Alice Hooper have been the one constant in each other’s lives for over fifteen years. The charismatic and compassionate physics professor was there when Alice got married, and he was there ten years later when she got divorced. Likewise, the candid and kind computer science professor has always been there for Milo. She babysits his apartment and plethora of houseplants when he’s traveling and they share breakfast together every day he’s in town. Alice wasn’t always in love with Milo, but the feeling has grown, and when Milo returns from his latest globe-trotting adventure, Alice decides it’s time to spill the seeds.
Does Alice have the grit to confess? And will feelings take root? Or is hers a love destined never to bloom?
‘Live And Let Grow’ is a 14k word (short) contemporary romance of long-suffering unrequited love and can be read as a standalone.
"I frowned, trying to think through her words and discover
the hidden meaning. My sisters and other people did this. Ultimately, speaking in code was why my ex-husband and I had divorced. But he wasn’t the weird one, I was. I was the problem. I understood now that humans spoke in code, hoping I would pick up on some underlying message so they wouldn’t have to say whatever it was out loud. It annoyed me to no end. Why can’t people just say what they mean? “Are you saying you think he’s too hot for me?” I switched my phone from my right hand to my left. “No. I think he’s too hot for anyone. Hot guys like Dr. Milo Manganiello are genetically incapable of relationships.”