Playing By His Rules

The one woman I can't touch just became my newest employee.

Amanda's father helped my brothers and me build our billion-dollar security company from the ground up. So when he asks me to hire his daughter, I don't hesitate.

Keeping my hands off her? That's another matter.

Amanda is brilliant, ambitious, and newly single after a breakup shattered her trust. She needs a fresh start—not Portland's most notorious bachelor charming his way into her bed.

I flirt. I have fun. And I never promise forever. Losing my parents taught me not to believe in it.

It's a system that's never failed me.         

But working with Amanda makes it impossible to stick to. She challenges me in meetings, teases me behind closed doors, and sees far more than I want her to. Soon, our verbal sparring feels suspiciously like foreplay, and working late becomes the best part of my day.

Then a project takes us to a small town—and a snowstorm leaves us stranded together.

No office. No distractions. No way to ignore what's been building between us.

I know better than to kiss her.

I do it anyway.

One kiss becomes one unforgettable night. It should be enough to get her out of my system.

Instead, I wake up wanting breakfast with her.

Then another night.

And every morning after that.

The snowstorm may have trapped us together, but when the roads finally clear, I'm not ready to let Amanda go.