His Secretary's Surprise Fiancé
Bayou Billionaires #2
By: Joanne Rock
Releasing March
1st (Digital), March 8th (Print)
Harlequin Desire
Harlequin Desire
Blurb
Her boss
wants her in his office—and as his bride!
Adelaide
Thibodeaux grew up with Dempsey Reynaud, and she's worked for him for years.
But when the billionaire football coach springs a surprise engagement to keep
her from resigning, it's a low blow. Just as she's ready to strike out on her
own, she's stuck in a fake relationship with her boss, biding her time…
But soon
Adelaide faces a second blow: she's actually falling for the man! Can a
relationship founded on a lie become the real deal? Or will they fumble before
the end zone—and stay in the friend zone?
Excerpt:
“You can’t leave
now.” He didn’t have time to hash this out. And he would damn well have his
way.
“I’m going after
the press conference. I told you I would come back for the pre-season, and now
it’s done.” Frowning, she twisted the bracelet round and round on her wrist. “I
shouldn’t have returned this year at all, especially if this ends up causing
hard feelings between us. But I can send your next assistant all my files.”
How kind. He
clamped his mouth shut against the scathing responses that simmered, close to
boiling over. He deserved better from her and she knew it.
But if she was
going to see him through the press conference, he still had forty minutes to
change her mind. Forty minutes to figure out a way to force her hand. A way to
make her stay by his side through the season.
All he needed was
the right play call.
“In that case, I
appreciate the heads-up,” he said, planting his hands on her waist and
shuffling her away from the door. “But I’d better get this press conference
started now.”
Her eyes widened as
he touched her, but she stepped aside, hectic color rising in her cheeks even
though they’d always been just friends. He’d protected that friendship because
it was special. She was special. He’d never wanted to sacrifice that
relationship to something as fickle as attraction even though there’d
definitely been moments over the years when he’d been tempted. But logic and
reason—and respect for Adelaide—had always won out in the past. Then again,
he’d never touched her the way he had today and it was messing with his head.
Seeing that awareness on her face now, feeling the answering kick of it in his
blood, made him wonder if—
“Of course we need
to get to the conference.” She grabbed her earpiece and shoved it into place as
she bit her lip. “Let’s go.”
He held the door
for her, watching as she hurried up the hallway ahead of him, the subtle sway
of her hips making his hands itch for a better feel of her. No doubt about it,
she was going to be angry with him. In time, she would see he had her best
interests at heart.
But he had the
perfect plan to keep her close and the ideal venue—a captive audience full of
media members—to execute it. As much as he regretted hurting a friend, he also
knew she would understand at a gut level if she knew him half as well as he
thought she did.
His game was on the
line. And this was for the win.
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