When I was hired to be Simon’s assistant, everyone warned me he was impossible—brilliant, demanding, and obsessed with control. But after surviving two months of his rules and grumpy attitude, I’ve learned how to manage my boss. Maybe it’s my chaotic upbringing or the fact that I desperately need this job, but I can’t ignore the moments when his guarded edges soften… even if he pretends they don’t.
Then one nervous slip in front of a major client turns into a fake relationship neither of us can back out of. Now I’m Simon’s “girlfriend,” attending dinners, traveling for meetings, and sharing far too much close proximity with the man I’m not supposed to want. Pretending to belong to him shouldn’t feel real—but it does. And the hardest part isn’t keeping up the lie. It’s realizing I’m falling for him for real.
Simon and Raina were a fun couple. I enjoy office romance, and this one was a lot of fun with the added fact that she works for Simon and when he hires her, he expects her to fail.
I kind of loved that idea, that while there was a power imbalance, she is the one who shows that she is more capable than he expected, and puts her in the position of having the power in their relationship, even though it evolves from a fake relationship to one that becomes real.
I actually enjoyed the additional things going on with the secondary characters as it enhanced the story and didn't pull focus from it.
