BWWM Interracial Romance 1: Professional Relations by Elena Brown

Author:Elena Brown [Brown, Elena]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literature & Fiction, United States, African American, Romance, Women's Fiction, Two Hours or More (65-100 Pages)
Amazon: B00M5FRZ5G
Published: 2014-07-25T04:00:00+00:00

When Samantha, one of the other assistant project managers, invited Regina to the Friday night Happy Hour meet-up, Regina only hesitated for a moment before agreeing to attend. She brought a change of shoes with her to work, and when five o’clock came, Regina was out of her office, feeling incredibly shy and awkward as she met the rest of the assistant project managers who had agreed to go out in the office lobby.

“Smart of you to change shoes,” Samantha commented with a grin. “One of the times we went out, Rebecka sprained her ankle from walking around in her stilettos while drunk.” Regina chuckled as Rebecka rolled her eyes, interjecting that the real reason she had sprained her ankle was because of a loose piece of curb.

Regina’s unease began to abate with her first drink, and she found that her coworkers were actually interesting people in their own right—not just personalities she encountered in the office, but people with senses of humor, with interests that she would never have guessed. Regina noticed that Bradley wasn’t among them and didn’t quite ask, though it was on her mind over and over again to do so. If he didn’t like going out, that was his right, Regina thought. She decided to be grateful that he had decided not to come; she would feel even more awkward if he was there.

By the end of the evening, Regina had forged something of a rapport with her colleagues, telling them jokes that Abigail had taught her, and letting them lead her into talking about her interest in music. She talked about the time that she had been given an opportunity to design cover artwork for one of her favorite groups—but that she had been bilked of her pay for it, and couldn’t stand to listen to the album in question ever since. The others shared their stories of projects gone poorly, and Regina laughed and groaned along with them at the trials and tribulations of being a working designer.

She managed to sober up just enough to be able to get home safely, waving cheerily to her coworkers as she made her way carefully to her car in the dark. Regina thought as she drove home that as long as she didn’t find herself fired due to the efforts of whoever was sabotaging her, she could almost be thankful; she wouldn’t have had the impulse to socialize with her colleagues without the need to get to the bottom of her dilemma.

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