My Cocky Hunk: An Enemies-to-Lovers Office Romance by Trixie Belle

Author:Trixie Belle [Belle, Trixie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-07-14T16:00:00+00:00

11

Lily

Am I surprised that, the next morning when I go downstairs, there’s a car waiting for me outside my apartment building? Yes. Absolutely. But am I suspicious, looking for what secret angle Griffin must have hidden in this unprompted gift? A week ago I definitely would have been, but now, as the driver gets out of the black SUV to open the door for “Ms. Summers” the only feeling I really register is delighted.

Unfortunately it doesn’t last. As I’m speeding in luxury toward work, my nerves start to catch up. Griffin has definitely changed a lot since college. He’s not the same irritating douche canoe he once was. In the same vein, I’m not the same stuck-up Midwestern girl wracked with anxiety about being the best. I’ve relaxed. He’s matured. I’ve always been wildly attracted to the blinking beacon of musky manliness that is Griffin. His eyes sometimes sweep my body when he thinks I won’t notice. (Hint, guys: We always notice.) So if our personalities mesh and the attraction is there, does that mean I’m actually sitting in the back of this private luxury vehicle debating the pros and cons of dating Griffin Keith?!

He’d asked me out again last night, a second try of which there might not be a third. A man like Griffin isn’t used to getting turned down. Maybe his ego is hurt. Maybe he’s decided to take the hint that I’m not interested. But that wouldn’t be entirely accurate. I am, in some way, interested. Like I said, he really does make me laugh. Not to mention that single dimple he gets when he smiles, or how his gorgeous green eyes seem to darken when he gets serious, and lighten when he’s jovial. Or how every muscle in his tall frame bulges against his dress shirt when he takes his suit jacket off. And also, speaking of bulges, it’s kinda hard to get an accurate reading in an office setting, but I remember back in the day, when he’d come out of that damn university pool… Let’s just say that Speedos leave very, very little to the imagination.

But for every Pro, I can counter it with the same blaring red Con: Griffin is my freaking boss. I’ve confidently fought rumors for years from Archie and the rest about me sleeping with Rodger because they were sexist, idiotic, and firmly untrue. What would people think now if I immediately started sleeping with the new boss? Would they think I’d been sleeping with Rodger the entire time? If Griffin ended up keeping me as an executive, would my coworkers and employees think that I’d only been trying to save my own skin?

And if he does keep me as vice president, how do I know I’d be keeping the job because I deserve it, and not just because Griffin wants me close by?

That last question pokes at a long-buried insecurity, one I’ve tried hard not to think about over the years. I shove it back down into its cellar.

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