Baby For The Off Limits Boss Daddy

I never thought I'd break the bro code and HR rules in one fell swoop.

Rowan Headley tops the list of people I never wanted to see again.

She shattered my best friend's heart, turning him into a shell of his former self.
I hate her for what she did.

But guess who my company's new hire is?
Yep, the last person I expected - Rowan Headley.

It’s awkward, it’s tense, but we have to put up with each other.

Except the longer I’m around her, the less I feel like avoiding her.

Rowan is fire, sass, and brains all combined into one.

Before I know it, I give in…

One steamy night together changes everything.
Sleeping with her is a mistake, but it’s a mistake we can’t undo.

I crossed a line I shouldn’t have, and now there’s a baby to prove it too...

“Goddammit, Rowan, what do you want me to say?”

“I want you to tell me the truth!”

Oliver inhales intensely and steps away, gathering his courage. “Fine. You want the truth? Here.” He puts his laptop down on a nearby desk and takes just one step toward me; the gap between us is closed. Mere inches separate us. He looks down at me like he could devour me. I wouldn’t even be mad if he did. “I’ll give you the truth.”

Oliver wraps one hand around the base of my skull and before I even realize what’s happening, his lips are on mine.

He’s kissing me.

Again.

Another late-night kiss at the office.

I’m totally taken off guard. Feels so good to kiss him again and to wrap my arms around him. Even better than the first time. But it’s wrong. I grab onto the front of his shirt and push him off me. “What the fuck, Oliver!”

“You asked.”

“I know, but you weren’t supposed to do that!”

“Why?”

“Because I was supposed to be the one to –” I huff. Most women don’t want to make the first move. But I’m not most women. I like to push a man beyond the brink of the traditional gender roles. I like to test them, tease them, see if they can handle me. “I was supposed to kiss you first.”

Oliver licks his lower lip. I wonder if he can taste the remnants of my lips gloss. “So, you’ve been thinking about it too?”

I gulp. That’s what this is about. Our first kiss. Clearly, neither of us have been able to forget or put it behind us. And why would we want to when it was so good? “Yeah. Haven’t stopped.”

Oliver sighs. “Me either.”

And while that should make my heart sing, it breaks instead.

I know what he’s thinking. He’s my boss before he could be my lover. More than that, he’s Trevor’s best friend.

Oliver is loyal and full of integrity. I know he wouldn’t betray Trevor further than what he’s already done.

I can’t believe after two years, I’m still at that man’s whim.

“I’ve tried, but I just can’t get you out of my head, Rowan. And it’s killing me. It’s fucking killing me. It keeps me up at night and…”

His insomnia. I’m just making it worse.

And you know what? I am good enough to have a man toss and turn over me.

“I wanted to hate you. Tried to hate you. But bit by bit, I’m remembering all the good times. I’m remembering how close we were. And at the same time you’re just…” He gestures toward my frame. “Fucking gorgeous.”