Paula Roe - Promoted to Wife?  

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Y ou did what?

Emily Reynolds yanked the phone from her ear and winced before readjusting it back under her chin. I kissed my boss.

Wait. Back up, her older sister AJ demanded on the other end. You kissed Zac Prescott.

Yep.

The guy God built just to make a woman whimper with joy.

The same.

And you, my little sister who hates surprises and runs the mans company with clockwork efficiency?

No need to rub it inI know Im the dumbest female on the planet. Holed up in her apartment on her comfy two-seater, dressed in her bathrobe and with ankles crossed on the coffee table, it was easy to believe that last week had been just a figment of Emilys overactive imagination. But the telltale warmth on her skin gave her true thoughts away every time.

Emmy, you are the luckiest female on the planet! Was it good?

Have you not been listening? Hes my boss. I finally had a strong, respectful work relationship going and then I go and do something stupid. Talk about dj vu.

What do you mean had? Emily heard a loud bang down the line: AJ had slammed a door closed. Details.

Emily groaned, tugging off the towel turban that held her freshly washed hair. Ive been on leave for the past week. On Thursday night he called me from the office, blind drunk. I drove him home, got him in the front door, we stumbledand it sort of happened.

Ah, the old stumble and kiss routine.

Emily scowled at her distorted reflection in the dark TV screen. Zac being drunk didnt excuse her behavior: that shed been secretly lusting after a completely-off-limits guy this past year only compounded her stupidity.

Its not funny. I panicked, shut myself in at home and spent the weekend thinking.

Thats dangerous. And?

And then I quit. This morning. By e-mail.

Oh, Em! The drunken kiss aside, why?

You know why. She ran a hand through her still-damp hair, twisting the ends around her fingers. I cant go through another misconduct accusation again.

But Zac isnt like thatthat other jerk lied!

Emily sighed, self-anger congealing into a lumpy mess that sat heavily in her belly. Shed thought talent and dedication got you ahead in the corporate world, not how blond your hair was or how short your skirts were. Shed always dressed professionally, always worked hard for her temping jobs, believing that one day an employer would recognize and reward her business skills.

And four years ago they had, but not in the way shed assumed. The permanent position at one of Perths top accountancy firms had come with strings, as shed found out at the office Christmas party six months later. The first time shed put on a miniskirt and a nice top, a managing director had groped her on the balcony.

Emily shuddered. Shed been twenty-two, humiliated and alone in the world. No family, no home, nothinguntil some uncle shed never known had died and left his Gold Coast apartment to her. So shed moved clear across the country to Queensland and started over with barely healed wounds and a brand-new hard-ass attitude. Shed scraped back her hair, donned her glasses and shoved herself into monochrome business suits and sensible shoes in order to play the part of a serious professional. And it had paid off when shed landed the job as Zac Prescotts personal assistant two years ago.