The Boss Project

<p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>A new sexy standalone from #1 <em>New York Times Bestseller</em> Vi Keeland.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The first time I met Merrick Crawford was during my job interview.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Well technically I'd met him twenty minutes earlier when he'd barged into a fitting room a few doors down from my appointment.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I yelled. He yelled. After an argument while standing in my bra I proceeded to smash the door into the gorgeous jerk trying to yank it shut.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>As you might imagine I was freaked out when I discovered that the rude guy was my potential new boss.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Yet he didn't seem to recognize me. Or so I thought... Until we wound up bickering again during my interview and he told me to </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>go sniff my armpit</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>.</span></p><p><br></p><p>Okay so maybe I hadn't exactly been changing when he walked in on me. In my defense I'd been stuck on a hot train for two hours and wanted to make sure I didn't smell.</p><p><br></p><p>I obviously didn't expect to get the job. But somehow an invitation to a second interview arrived in my inbox.</p><p><br></p><p>Before I left I asked to see Merrick. I needed to know why I was even in consideration after our disastrous start.</p><p><br></p><p>Turned out Merrick only wanted to hire me because I was the <em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>least</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> competent candidate. It seemed his board was making him fill the position against his wishes.</span></p><p><br></p><p>I didn't really want to work in a place where my boss expected me to fail. But I figured maybe I'd enjoy proving him wrong. It was a little thing I dubbed <em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>the boss project</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>.</span></p><p><br></p><p>What I wasn't prepared for was that there would be <em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>other</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> things I'd enjoy doing to Merrick Crawford.</span></p><p><br></p><p>Getting involved with the boss wasn't the smartest choice.</p><p><br></p><p>But you know what they say about choices: Some we regret some we are proud of. I just had no idea where this one was going to land.</p>