by: T.E. Lorenzo
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: February 6, 2024
Publisher: 5 Prince Publishing
They love to hate each other...
Natalia is content with hating her co-worker, Adrian. The two can hardly stand being in the same room, despite having worked together for several months. When Natalia agrees to a trip out of town with a friend, little does she know that Adrian will be there, too. This is the time to crank up the hate, right?
The trip is not what Natalia thought it would be. Forced to spend time with her enemy, she finds there is more to Adrian than meets the eye. Will Natalia push aside her hatred and see the true Adrian?
With a twist of hate, just maybe…
Natalia felt Adrian’s eyes burning into the back of her head while she loaded her purse, but she didn’t turn around, instead slipping out the door next to the watercooler.
Adrian met her in the elevator lobby, not speaking until the glass doors closed behind them.
“Why did you do that?” he asked in a whisper as they stood shoulder to shoulder. She could still hear the shock and worry in his voice.
Natalia smiled, staring ahead as the elevator doors parted and they stepped in.
“You have a future here,” she said. “I don’t. If all goes well, I’ll be out of here before the summer. It’s the least I can do.”
“No one’s ever done something like that for me.” Adrian spoke in a way she had never heard before, a mixture of awe and pure gratitude.
“Well, I guess there’s a first time for everything.” She nudged her elbow into his arm.
“How can I repay you? I owe you big time.”
“You don’t need to do anything. It was a favor. That’s what friends do, right?”
Adrian nodded, looking at the floor as he searched for his next words. “Let me give you a ride to the light rail station. It’s not out of my way at all.”
Natalia knew it was, indeed, out of his way.
“Okay,” she said. “That would be great.”
Adrian met her in the elevator lobby, not speaking until the glass doors closed behind them.
“Why did you do that?” he asked in a whisper as they stood shoulder to shoulder. She could still hear the shock and worry in his voice.
Natalia smiled, staring ahead as the elevator doors parted and they stepped in.
“You have a future here,” she said. “I don’t. If all goes well, I’ll be out of here before the summer. It’s the least I can do.”
“No one’s ever done something like that for me.” Adrian spoke in a way she had never heard before, a mixture of awe and pure gratitude.
“Well, I guess there’s a first time for everything.” She nudged her elbow into his arm.
“How can I repay you? I owe you big time.”
“You don’t need to do anything. It was a favor. That’s what friends do, right?”
Adrian nodded, looking at the floor as he searched for his next words. “Let me give you a ride to the light rail station. It’s not out of my way at all.”
Natalia knew it was, indeed, out of his way.
“Okay,” she said. “That would be great.”
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