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Blurb
My name is Roman Cavenaugh and I’m kind of an asshole.
Running a company isn't easy, especially when everyone expects you to fail, so being a jerk? It comes with the territory.
I don't have time to mess around, and I sure as hell didn’t see her coming.
Cara Hamilton—she was supposed to be off limits…a temporary employee brought in during my assistant’s maternity leave.
But, in the blink of an eye, she became so much more.
An obsession I couldn’t shake.
So yeah, I may be an asshole, but now, I finally had a purpose, and soon, she would be mine.
All’s fair in love and war…
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Excerpt
"Can I ask you
something?" she said, drawing my attention away from the monotony on my
computer screen. I looked up to find her
eyes dead set on mine. It was unnerving.
She usually tried to
avoid direct eye contact with me. Maybe
I intimidated her. Perhaps she found me
attractive and the idea of lusting after her boss bothered her.
Believe me, it bothered
me too.
In a very physical way.
“Go ahead,” I answered,
unwilling to break the intimate connection she'd started.
"When you saw me… at
the club that night," she said, her eyes wavering just slightly. "What was it you saw in me? I mean, was
it just the clothes?"
My eyebrows furrowed in
confusion. Even though I'd said we'd
never speak of what happened that drunken night two weeks ago, I saw something
in her eyes that needed an answer.
That needed something
more.
"Why are you
asking?"
"It's nothing,
sorry. I'm being stupid," she backpedaled, as she began fiddling with the
hem of her skirt.
Looking back at our few
interactions, I suddenly noticed the difference in how she'd acted today. Her normal never-ending stream of word vomit
was there, but behind it, there was an internal struggle going on. The hemline wasn't the first thing she'd
fidgeted with. I'd watched as she'd
pulled at the collar of her shirt and then, as if she'd realized what she had done
was wrong, quickly lay it flat again.
"Does this have
something to do with the way you're dressed today?"
Pink tinged her cheeks
once again.
"You noticed?"
I simply nodded, not
trusting myself with words in that moment.
Because I’d more than
noticed. It’d been damn hard not to
think about anything but.
"A gift from my
boyfriend," she replied. "He said my old clothes didn't fit in with
our new life style. It was a very generous
gift," she added, never forgetting that politeness she'd no doubt been
taught since birth.
"But?" I
questioned, waiting for her to continue.
"But… I
don't feel like me anymore," she finally admitted.
"And I'm guessing
the night in the club was another gift of his as well?"
It was her turn to nod.
I could see the
indecision and worry gnawing at her.
Someone like her, sweet, honest and good… she
was meant for better things than a life with a man who didn't appreciate her.
Leaning forward, I made sure
she saw the sincerity burning in my eyes as I spoke. "That night in the
club, I'll admit, I noticed the dress first."
She opened her lips to
speak but I held up my hand to stop her, wanting to make my point.
"And today, when you
walked in, I couldn't help but give a second… or
third glance at the way that new skirt hugged your ass."
Her eyes widened at my
blatant honesty.
"So yes, the clothes
may grab my attention for a moment or two, but the fact that I'm still
interested, two weeks later? That's you,
Cara. That’s all you.”
And just like that, I'd
crossed the line.
I’d hit on an employee.
And there was no going
back from that.
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About J.L. Berg
J.L. Berg is the USA Today bestselling author of the Ready Series, The Walls Duet, and the Lost & Found Duet. She is a California native living in the beautiful state of historic Virginia. Married to her high school sweetheart, they have two beautiful girls that drive them batty on a daily basis. When she's not writing, you will find her with her nose stuck in a romance novel, in a yoga studio or devouring anything chocolate. J.L. Berg is represented by Jill Marsal of Marsal Lyon Literary Agency, LLC.
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