Bossâs Fake Fiancé: An Enemies to Lovers Romance by Emma Blake
Author:Emma Blake [Blake, Emma]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-08-24T04:00:00+00:00
Chapter 15
Melanie
Dinner the last day of the retreat is a huge to-do. Jade Lodge has gone all out, with an actual waterfall feature in the dining room singing prettily against one wall. Itâs a gorgeous temperate night and the wall of French doors that lead out to the patio are all open.
Jenson lounges next to me in a shirt unbuttoned just enough to look lazy and content. His hair is slightly ruffled, his gray eyes half-closed as he observes the rest of the team. There are about two dozen people left. At a nearby table, Roy chats happily, laughing and good-natured as ever.
Liza is tucked away at our table, giving us furtive glances. Brian is here as well. Iâve grown to like him on the tripâheâs a retired cardiologist and an investor in the company.
âSo,â he says, leaning in toward me with a charming smile, ânow that weâve reached the end of our journey, Melanie, you have to tell meâhow did you snag Jenson Sharpe? Or was it the other way around?â
I return his smile easily and push my cleared plate away. âHmm, well. Iâd say he snagged me.â
Jenson raises a brow slightly. âI beg to differ.â
Liza is watching curiously now, as are the other two people at the table. Ben and Jill, the two HR employees who didnât look thrilled to be here the first few days.
âWe grew up in the same town,â Jenson explains, then goes on to tell the story. The one we havenât had to make up, because itâs true. As he talks about our pastâmeeting as kids, Aunt Jodie and his mom chatting at the elementary school pick up area, having some of the same classes together in middle school, exploring every summerâIâm lulled into a comfortable swirl of memories. The stress of the last few years doesnât go away, but it recedes. I feel oddly at peaceâ¦like Iâm where Iâm supposed to be.
âAnd then in high school, I finally got the courage to ask her out.â
âHe didnât do it well,â I chime in, grinning. âThere was a bit of stuttering, if I remember correctly.â
Jenson shoots me a playful glare, and itâs as if itâs just the two of us in the room, reminiscing. âIt was hard not to. You were so pretty. Still are.â
A light blush heats my cheeks. âYou werenât too bad yourself, Sharpe. Still arenât.â
Brian sounds a chuckle of protest. âReel it in, you two. Weâre all more than aware of just how made for each other you are.â
I glance quickly at Jenson, wondering at that. Because on some level, these past two weeks havenât been as hard to fake as I thought theyâd be. The PDA took some getting used to, but after the night we slept togetherâ¦even that was easy to slip into. Like putting on a well-worn glove, if the glove was a chiseled man in his early thirties. A shiver goes through me at the memory of his wet body pressed against mine in the shower.
âSo what happened?â Liza pipes up, the sharpness no longer in her eyes.
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