Modern Romance December 2020 Books 5-8 by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2020-10-07T22:01:11+00:00

Alvaro strode through the office to the bathroom and flicked the shower to cold, desperate to regain control over the appallingly base reaction of his body. That woman had walked in here at stupidly early o’clock—wheeling a case, for some strange reason—and frankly almost looking furtive. He’d finished his workout only five minutes earlier and followed her progress from his office. He’d seen her smile as she’d made her way to her desk. A smile of pure joy. Why was she so amused by this situation?

And worse was that he’d been flooded with a heat that was outrageous in its intensity. Anger, right?

Not entirely.

But that visceral betrayal of his body had only exacerbated his anger. He refused to be physically attracted to Juno Monroyale. Hell, he barely knew her. His marketing manager had pitched hiring her to him only a few weeks ago, but he’d been overseas setting up a major deal and hadn’t spent much time in the office since her arrival.

Unfortunately, it turned out that the princess was stunning. Her eyes a gorgeous, bewitching green. Her brunette hair was swept up in a high bun that emphasised cheekbones and plump lips and her pretty little chin tempted him to tilt it upwards so she could take his kiss.

It was appalling. He’d not been paralysed by lust like this in quite a while. Not as instantly or as intensely or as inappropriately. She was an employee. Worse, she was an employee who’d screwed up. Royally.

So the sooner she was out of here, the better.

He glared at the shower wall as if his eyes were lasers and could burn right through the tile and wood to where that woman was wheeling her damn case out of here.

She’d better be walking out of here—in those thin-soled stupid shoes with their little high heels that were useless for the snow-threatened streets of New York. It said it all, right? Ill-equipped for real life? She was a literal princess who didn’t own up to her mistakes. She’d apparently abandoned her colleagues—did she just assume that someone else would clear up the mess?

He knew too well how that worked. He knew people with such privilege who’d refused to carry the burdens of their own responsibility—their own mistakes. His own ‘family’ were the perfect example of that—while he’d been the ‘mistake’.

So he had little time to sympathise with Her Royal Highness. And he had little time to get this sorted. But he would, because he’d built this entire company—with determined, round-the-clock effort. Its increasing success had meant he’d had to assemble teams around him, but at heart he preferred independence and self-reliance. He’d never liked asking anyone to help him. Never expected anyone would—not unless there was something in it for themselves. Something like a fat pay cheque.

This princess had no idea what building this success had taken. Whether her cluelessness was based in pure entitled privilege, or mere carelessness, it didn’t matter. Whichever it was, he didn’t want her around.

To be honest, it wasn’t the actual social media post he was bothered about.

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