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I need a fresh start – not a workplace feud with a grumpy CFO who thinks I’m an absolute disaster. But here we are.
I knew my first day as a billionaire’s assistant was off to a bad start when I woke up in my car. In the parking lot. Drooling on myself.
I really knew it was bad when a growly, ridiculously hot man with piercing blue eyes banged on my window, accused me of being a vagrant, and told me to get lost.
Spoiler alert – he’s my new boss’s brother. And also my coworker. And, unfortunately, the Chief Financial Officer of my paycheck.
Rhett Raider is all scowls and spreadsheets, convinced I’m trouble wrapped in a curve-hugging skirt. (Okay, so maybe he’s not wrong about the trouble part.) But when a hurricane traps us together and our bickering turns into something else entirely, I start to think maybe there’s more to him than his grumpy exterior.
Too bad for me, he’s determined to uncover my secrets. And if he does, it’s not my job on the line. It’s my heart.
This enemies to lovers, office romance with a grumpy millionaire in a small town features a widowed heroine who can save herself – thank you very much, a millionaire who can’t help himself from trying to save her, a seal that doesn’t know it’s not a traffic stop, an otter that’s trying to steal the attention away from the seal, and a group of brothers who think pranking is an expression of love.
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“Get out of here!”
My eyes fly open and I look to my side to discover a large man looming toward me. “AARGH!”
“What are you screaming about?”
I clutch my chest as I scan the area. What in the world is going on? With a start, I realize I’m in my car.
“Come on.” The man knocks on my car window again. “Move it along. This isn’t a parking spot for vagrants.”
Vagrants. I’m not a vagrant. Is he an idiot?
I open the door and he jumps away before I hit him.
“What are you doing? There’s no reason to get out of your car. Drive away. We don’t have a restroom or shower for you to use.”
My nostrils flare at his words. “I don’t need a restroom or shower, Mr. High and Mighty.”
“My name is not Mr. High and Mighty,” he growls and my stomach dips. Someone has a deep, growly voice I wouldn’t mind hearing growl my name in my ear.
“Sorry. Do you prefer I refer to you as jerk?”
He fists his hands at his side. “Are you listening to me? We don’t allow vagrants to park here.”
I spit daggers out of my eyes at him. “I am not a vagrant.”
He motions to my car. “Could have fooled me.”
I nearly cringe since my car is cringeworthy, but I don’t. “Judgy much?”
He leans forward and I tilt my head back to meet his gaze. “I’m not the one who was sleeping in their car in a parking lot.”
“I was not sleeping in my car,” I manage to say without gritting my teeth.
He snorts. “Liar. I literally saw you.”
“I am not a liar! There’s a difference between accidentally falling asleep while you wait for a business to open up and sleeping somewhere on purpose.”
He rolls his eyes. “It sounds as if… Hold on. Did you say you’re waiting for the business to open?”
“Yes.”
“This business?” He motions to the distillery.
I spread out my arms. “I don’t see any other businesses around here.”
“Why are you…” He trails off and swears under his breath. “You’re Dakota. My brother’s new assistant.”
