Nanisi Barrett D'Arnuk

My new boss is the most perfect woman I’d ever seen. Wisdom dictates one doesn’t get involved with a colleague, but surely taking along a six-pack of her favorite beer when I deliver a report to her home after work won’t be misconstrued?<br><br>She invites me to stay for dinner. One thing leads to another, and we start doing things together outside the office. But as the weather cools and the holidays approach, she decides she wants to take our relationship to the next level. Do I?

Business for the Holidays

“I need a moment of your time,” Rocco said. “Let’s get to the dressing room early…if you can spare a minute away from him.” The hustle and bustle around them allowed for a moment of realness. “We’re still working an investigation here, in case you forgot.”


The expression on Ridley’s face as Rocco stormed off indicated he was as shocked by the outburst as Rocco himself had been. Ridley had likely called it early on in regards to Anastasia, assuming her bad attitude was the result of hurt feelings or a broken heart. Rocco recognized it in himself. He had put up a wall when his mother died. He’d reinforced it the moment he began to like Ridley, and now he added another layer of protection, another layer of sarcasm and anger, because the first one hadn’t worked. He more than liked Ridley despite it—and now he was jealous of Mikolas as well. There was no one with whom to share this epiphany, except Anastasia, so he went to her.


“Who hurt you?” he asked, the pair alone in her room.


Chapter 20