Can Griffin overcome his disappointment and learn to trust his instincts rather than what he is told to believe? I wonder what Emily thinks about you entertaining so many guests in the evenings,” I mutter, turning my back on him to pull my door closed.

I am glad that the HR aspect of it was that it is an open dating policy because that gets a little cliche after a while. Elle loves to give her characters challenges that will grow them from the beginning of the story to their HEA.Frankly, if I'd known what I was letting myself in for coming to work with him, I might have given it more thought. As much as they try to deny it, the energy between them crackles and anyone who stands too close can see the fireworks. He’s still standing over me, his breath fanning over my cheek as his chest rises and falls with each deep inhale.

Harley slings her bag down and then throws herself into the velvet padded seat, pulling me with her.It’s just, talking about contracts, and looking at photographs and videos is not the same as standing here in person. My shoulders tense, but I brush the memories away before they can claw to the surface and ruin my night. You’re meeting Todd from the suppliers today,” he states, his jaw ticking as his blue eyes assess me with their usual coldness. I ask for a receipt and Harley’s gaze lands on my wallet as I neatly fold it and place it next to the rest of the receipts, which are squeezed so tightly inside that it’s almost prevented from zipping closed. I can’t even pretend that I’m merely annoyed that I had to be a non-consenting witness to their antics.

This book reminded me of a bad version of “The Stopover” by tl swan—which is ironic because tl swan is actually mentioned in this book. Maria finds his controlling style frustrating and undermining - even though she proves her competence regularly.She has her back to me, laying out bound folders at each of the four places which have been set up—one each for me, her, and the two reps from the supply company who will be attending. He has trust issues because his ex manager/ ex girlfriend apparently stole some formulations and sold them to their rivals. Harley bumps shoulders with me and I smile, so pleased that I came out tonight and didn’t head back to my apartment alone with just a bottle of wine and Griffin’s late night activities next door to keep me entertained.