by: Lainey Davis
Series: Bridges and Bitters
Genre: Contemporary Romance/Romantic Comedy
Release Date: May 10, 2022
He hates her for some reason. She will not rest until she changes his mind.
People always like Samantha Vine. It’s kind of her thing. All the employees at her tech startup think she’s the best boss, and the community partners and investors she woos not only trust, but adore her.
Everyone likes her, except him.
Sam may have been caught off guard when she accidentally insulted science teacher AJ Trachtenberg, but she’s pulling out all the stops trying to make it up to him…and it’s not working. Offering his students a swanky field trip doesn’t win him over—it only seems to make him grumpier.
Unfortunately, grumpy looks very good on him. AJ is tall, dark, and annoyingly handsome and he’s got a giant chip on his shoulder. Honestly, his smoldering is distracting.
Sam can’t afford any distractions right now, not with the media hounding her as she tries to take her company public. Maybe she can swing a one-time naked distraction, though. That doesn’t have to mean anything, right? She’s not looking for a happily-ever-after here. She’s just trying to get him out of her head.
Alas, when it comes to business and bossy men, Samantha Vine has trouble letting go.
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I nod my head at my colleagues as I continue eating my sandwich in the teachers' lounge. Leo slaps a worksheet on the copier and then turns to look at me, smirking even more annoyingly than Doug. “Heard you had a visitor.” He waggles his eyebrows.
“This is exactly like middle school,” I mutter around a mouthful of sandwich.
Heather laughs as she waits her turn for the copier. “Duh, AJ. But seriously, who the hell scares off a community partner looking to sponsor a field trip? I heard her say she’d even pay for bussing.”
I roll my eyes. “There’s no way you heard her say that in the middle of a class change.”
“Oh I heard it.” She points one tawny finger at me. “You know damn well this school has to scrimp to provide soap in the washrooms. Why would you deny these kids a flipping field trip with career exploration opportunities? Go back to your hidey hole right now and call her back before the bell.”
I sigh and set down my sandwich. “What exactly am I supposed to say to her?” I truly am hoping Leo and Heather have suggestions because when I think of talking to Samantha Vine, nothing remotely P-G comes to mind. And I can’t set myself up for that sort of thing. Not anymore.
Heather rolls her eyes and holds up her hand, pretending it’s a phone. In a mock deep voice, she says, “Hello? Ms. Vine? Yes, I can’t stop thinking about your offer and I’d be delighted to take you up on it. If you could just put me in touch with your admin team, we can coordinate the details post haste.” She mimes hanging up an old-school phone.
“Post haste?”
Leo taps his photocopies on the counter to straighten them and then hits me over the head with the stack as Heather steps up to the copier. “Come on, dude. Grow up. She apologized. She offered the kids a treat.” He leans back and studies me. “Is that a new sweater vest?”
I nod and tug at my collar.
Leo nods his approval and Heather starts chanting, “Call her now. Call her now.”
“This is exactly like middle school,” I mutter around a mouthful of sandwich.
Heather laughs as she waits her turn for the copier. “Duh, AJ. But seriously, who the hell scares off a community partner looking to sponsor a field trip? I heard her say she’d even pay for bussing.”
I roll my eyes. “There’s no way you heard her say that in the middle of a class change.”
“Oh I heard it.” She points one tawny finger at me. “You know damn well this school has to scrimp to provide soap in the washrooms. Why would you deny these kids a flipping field trip with career exploration opportunities? Go back to your hidey hole right now and call her back before the bell.”
I sigh and set down my sandwich. “What exactly am I supposed to say to her?” I truly am hoping Leo and Heather have suggestions because when I think of talking to Samantha Vine, nothing remotely P-G comes to mind. And I can’t set myself up for that sort of thing. Not anymore.
Heather rolls her eyes and holds up her hand, pretending it’s a phone. In a mock deep voice, she says, “Hello? Ms. Vine? Yes, I can’t stop thinking about your offer and I’d be delighted to take you up on it. If you could just put me in touch with your admin team, we can coordinate the details post haste.” She mimes hanging up an old-school phone.
“Post haste?”
Leo taps his photocopies on the counter to straighten them and then hits me over the head with the stack as Heather steps up to the copier. “Come on, dude. Grow up. She apologized. She offered the kids a treat.” He leans back and studies me. “Is that a new sweater vest?”
I nod and tug at my collar.
Leo nods his approval and Heather starts chanting, “Call her now. Call her now.”
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