by Sarina Bowen
“Of course I can come in tomorrow. Nine o’clock is fine. Uh-huh. Full time. I’ll be needing benefits. Right. Oh—and this job comes with a Katt phone, right?” She hangs up a minute later, smiling like the sun itself.
“Well?”
“Rebecca has plans for two office managers! She thinks I would be perfect for assisting Hugh. There’s travel. But it’s the real deal. A full-time position!”
“Baby, that’s amazing.” Not that I’m surprised. Heidi is like a category-four hurricane when she wants something. Who wouldn’t want that kind of gale force on his side?
She turns her head and smiles at me. “Are you sure you don’t mind me sticking around your place? We’d be seeing an awful lot of each other.”
“But that’s how I like it.” Just to prove the point, I reach over and slide her closer to me on the seat. “See?”
“That is nice.”
“I love you, Heidi,” I tell her. “Thank you for putting up with my grumpy ass.”
“I love your grumpy ass. And I’m going to get this job,” she says as the car accelerates on the FDR.
“Yes, you are,” I say, wrapping an arm around her.
“They’ll forget to interview anyone else.”
“They won’t even bother,” I agree.
“You’re just yessing me,” she complains. “You’re really thinking about sex now.”
“No way!” I argue. Although that’s a nice idea. “Maybe you should wear your lucky panties to the interview. The new pair.”
She snuggles closer to me. “I have a confession.”
“What’s that?” She smells like flowers. And I can’t wait to get home.
“The new pair isn’t real.”
“No? Are they like the clothes in that fairy tale? The Emperor’s New Underwear?”
“Pretty much,” she says, putting a hand on my chest.
“That’s very affordable,” I whisper. “And you can model them when we get home.”
“If you’re lucky, I will,” she says with a wicked smile.
And because I’m very, very lucky, she does.
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THE BROOKLYN BRUISERS
Rookie Move
Hard Hitter
Pipe Dreams
Brooklynaire
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TRUE NORTH
Bittersweet (Griffin & Audrey)
Steadfast (Jude & Sophie)
Keepsake (Zach & Lark)
Bountiful (Zara & David)
Speakeasy (May & Alec)
Fireworks (Benito & Skye)
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THE IVY YEARS
The Year We Fell Down #1
The Year We Hid Away #2
Blonde Date #2.5
The Understatement of the Year #3
The Shameless Hour #4
The Fifteenth Minute #5
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GRAVITY
Coming In From the Cold #1
Falling From the Sky #2
Shooting for the Stars #3
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HELLO GOODBYE
Goodbye Paradise
Hello Forever
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With Elle Kennedy
GOOD BOY by Sarina Bowen & Elle Kennedy
STAY by Sarina Bowen & Elle Kennedy
HIM by Sarina Bowen and Elle Kennedy
US by Sarina Bowen and Elle Kennedy
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With Tanya Eby
Man Hands
Man Card
Boy Toy
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With Sarah Mayberry
Temporary
Copyright © 2019 by Sarina Bowen
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This book is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to actual persons or events is strictly coincidental.
Cover photograph by Wander Aguiar. Cover design by Hang Le.
Editing by Edie Danford of Edie’s Edits.