Mr Elliott Heathers, a 33 year old man with stunning attributes, good looks and quite a nocohalant way of communicating with his employees, was suddenly hit with a massive bomb. Mr Heathers had a fashionista as a wife but on a Saturday morning, when everyone was busy doing whatever, the media suddenly exploded that Mr Heathers and his wife, Camille Rogers, have divorced. That was both a good and a bad thing.
Everyone panics. How is it possible to divorce such a good looking man?! Everyone goes in a rampage when the next day, his most trusted Secretary, Yvonne Collins, was suddenly fired and banned from his Corp. Now that's another shock. They say she was fired for trying to sleep with her boss and even POSTED a video saying Mr Heathers got divorced because he was INFERTILE. Now that's wild.
After all the commotion, he goes on to search for a Secretary. A man this time. That's where Colton comes in. Colton Song, age 25 years old, is an Asian-Canadian, a single child of a single mother, a man who's girlfriend died from lung cancer due to genes, owner of a popular cafe, takes a step to become Mr Heathers' secretary which people assume he might be crazy. Well, jokes on them, it works for the both of them
But it gets even crazier when Mr Heathers recognizes Colton to be the guy he slept with one time at a bar's hotel room by accidentally means. They were drunk. He was somehow anxious that Colton might recognize him but fortunately, he didn't... Well, for now..
We all know Mr Heathers is rough with anyone but the moment Colton stepped into his life and became his secretary, thing's changed. And the closer they got, the more the threats increased.
Liam and Heathers are rivals and this rumor of Mr Heathers being so head over heels of his secretary makes him more intrigued so he decides to mess it all up with one little, dirty secret Heathers hid from the public... And that secret would ruin every little thing about him..
His tone was low, "So you're jealous?"
His lips looked so soft. "Of the guy who is good at everything without putting in an ounce of work? Yeah, maybe I am."
"You wanna know what else is effortless?" Javier challenged.
I bit my bottom lip. "What?"
"My feelings for you."
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To work so hard for something and then watch someone else do it better effortlessly is infuriating. That was definitely the case for Elias.
Elias Richardson wanted to be the best at something, academics was what he chose. With a lot of hard work and dedication, he achieved his goal. So, when Javier Cortez came along and started showing him up at everything he did, he became furious. Now everything that they do is a competition, whether Javier knows it or not.
But somewhere along the line that hate filled competition begins to turn into undeniable feelings that take a lot less effort.
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{TW⚠️: This book contains heavy depictions of alcoholism, verbal abuse, mental health struggles, mature themes and strong language. Please don't read if this will affect you}
{Cover by @sugararmy07}
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