Title: Boss Unyielding
Series: standalone
Author: Nicole R. Locker
Genre: contemporary/erotic romance
Synopsis
Farren Fields shouldn’t be attracted to her hot, older boss... But she is.
Farren is a lot more than just a young, innocent beauty. She’s a tech genius with a brilliant
mind, though no one would ever know it. She’s dreamed of working for the illustrious,
Houston-based technology firm, Rayner Technologies, since she was a sophomore in high
school. So what if that was only six years ago? She knows what she wants, and she’s not
afraid to go after it. That is, until the sexy-as-hell, mysterious, brilliant, Alpha playboy who
owns the company becomes the object of her innermost desires.
Rogan Rayner knows his new, star employee is off limits... But when have limits ever
stopped him? This time, he may have finally met his match, and it’s nothing like he ever
expected.
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By the end of Farren’s second week, she had just about gotten the hang of things. She’d
had some opportunities to show Rayner a little of what she was capable of, and from what
she could tell, he liked what he saw.
She got the impression that he hadn’t thought she would know what she was doing, and
had been surprised to discover she was quite capable.
“You surprise me, Miss Fields,” he told her that Friday evening as she was packing her things
to leave for the night.
“I do?” she asked, stopping what she was doing to look up at him. She noticed he had taken
his glasses off, and she had an unobstructed view of his eyes, which was a rare
occurrence. The scar that divided his left eyebrow caught her eye again, and she vowed
someday to ask him how he’d gotten it.
“You do. I had my doubts, but you’ve exceeded my expectations and proven yourself at
every turn so far.”
He stood in her doorway leading to the hall, waiting for her to follow so they could walk out
together. They had stayed late that evening putting the finishing touches on a program
design.
“I don’t get why it’s so surprising. I’ve been studying computer technology since before I
was even in high school. It’s just what I’ve always done, what I’ve always known.”
My
escape, she added silently.
“Maybe. You just don’t strike me as the typical computer geek,” he admitted.
“What does that mean?” she cried defensively. She thought she knew what, but part of her
wanted to hear him say it.
He stopped at the front exit with his hand on the door handle, but didn’t push it open
yet. Instead, he angled around to face her and replied, “You’re much prettier than any
computer geek I’ve ever met.”
That shut her up for a moment. She stood, frozen in his glare, surprised by the candid
response. Was he just being nice? She wasn’t sure, but the way he was looking at her
wasn’t helping.
She lowered her gaze from his eyes to his lips, and she wanted to reach up and brush her
fingers across the barely noticeable scar there. She was close enough to, and something in
the way he looked at her acted as a magnet, an invisible pull that called to her, beckoned
her to come closer, to touch him.
“I… guess I could say the same for you.”
Shit! She just admitted he was much prettier than any computer geek
she had
ever met.
“That you don’t strike me as the typical computer geek, I mean,” she corrected.
He smiled. His arm lifted to touch the smooth, bare skin of her neck, and his thumb brushed
the line of her jaw. His hand was so warm, it soothed her, and her instinct was to lean into
it.
Was he about to kiss her?
She could feel the quickening of her heart at the very prospect of it. What would it be like
to kiss him? Maybe the more pertinent question should have been, what would it be
like
after kissing him? Did she really want to?
She knew she didn’t
not want to, which admittedly scared the hell out of
her. She couldn’t kiss her boss! Could she?
She could feel her tongue dart out to moisten her lower lip, the flesh of which she scraped
her top teeth across in a nervous motion. She swallowed. She was frozen in place, unable
to move, unsure of what to do next.
And then, the moment was over. Rayner’s hand was gone from her skin, and his eyes broke
their connection from hers.
“I suppose you’ve got me there,” he said. “Well, goodnight, Miss Fields. Enjoy your
weekend.”
He opened the door and allowed her to walk through it, but stayed behind to lock up.
“Goodnight,” she said as she passed him going out the door. “See you on Monday.”
Author bio
Nicole R. Locker is a resident of Lubbock, Texas, USA. She has a Master of Science in
Psychology and a love for pit bulls, Pilates, and romance novels. (And men with Irish
accents!) By day, Nicole supervises a team of 11 social workers, and by night, she likes to
escape reality and write about Alpha men who can handle their business.
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