Hate to Love You: a romantic comedy box set by Hart Staci

Author:Hart, Staci
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-01-01T16:00:00+00:00

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DEATH BY CHANEL NO. 5

LIAM

It had been a week and a half since we’d started the competition, and my team and I hadn’t turned up anything of worth.

All we had to show for long days in a conference room was a pile of terrible ideas, and on seeing Laney’s team working happily together, I had a bad feeling we were well behind them. And the initial presentation was next week. We kept coming back to Get Your Drink On because it was the closest we’d gotten to the heart of what we were trying to say, even if it was stupid and would never work.

But on that third night, as I lay in bed not sleeping, something struck me. Something so simple, I knew it would work.

Get Lit.

It covered books and booze in two little words. Get your literature. Get hammered. A campaign rolled out in my mind so hard and fast, I turned on the light, reached for my notebook, and started sketching. A stack of books with a scotch on top. An illustration of a regency duke with a bourbon in his hand. I paused, pencil in hand, wondering how much of the idea had come from Laney’s, but it was the only thing that made sense. Literary heroes with liquor in their hands, like Mark Twain. But I pushed myself back to romance and comics, given those were the shop’s big sellers.

But with this concept, the team would turn out ideas—I didn’t doubt that for a second. So I put it away and shut out the light, my mind still racing with ideas when I finally fell asleep.

So this morning, the first thing I did was brief my team, brainstorm with them for a bit, and then we split up to work on some design concepts. At the moment, I was waist deep in fonts, digging into my coffers for something that would fit the direction I had in mind.

Otherwise, there was very little to report. Georgie had begrudgingly avoided Wasted Words when Jett was there in an attempt to put some space between them. I’d barely seen Laney, too entrenched in the process with my team to take my eyes off of what was in front of me. As for Wickham, I’d told myself I’d forgotten about him. But even though he was a void in my mind, he still took up space, held a shape. Despite that, he wasn’t the reason I’d spent long nights staring at my ceiling, thinking of Laney.

As the customer relations liaison for the bookstore, Georgie thought it would be a good idea to throw a cocktail party for the Wasted Words staff and our team, and though she said it was to make sure everyone was happy and let them blow off a little steam, I had a strong suspicion it was more about mending some fence between me and Laney, though I didn’t know how she thought a party would improve my mood. When it came to Laney, things

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