Playboy Office Relationship Web Novels & Stories

One wrong text and her Christmas will be one she wouldn't forget in a hurry. Red is trying to rekindle things with her sweet ex, Darren but her cold, controlling boss, Alton Donovon, shows up at her apartment the night she mistakenly sexts him. She swore it was an accident, he doesn't believe her. Alton has been watching her for longer than she realized. He’s always been an asshole… until one slip pulls them into a spiral that forces him to confront the way he truly feels. And this Christmas, he plans to make her admit her feelings. Even if that entails following her all the way to Maysville, the little town she grew up in. And with Darren tagging along too, this Christmas is about to be one for the books.

Joy Reyes is running out of options. One missed rent payment away from homelessness, she makes a desperate call to the last person she expects to answer, Alexander Montalban, the billionaire whose name appears more often in business headlines than in public. She asks for a job. He offers something stranger. "Make me laugh." For three months, Joy will live in his estate, follow his schedule, and earn more money than she's ever seen. Her task sounds ridiculous, but the paycheck is real and desperation leaves little room for pride. What begins as an arrangement quickly becomes something neither of them anticipated because Alexander isn't looking for entertainment. He's searching for something he's lost. And Joy is beginning to realize that behind the wealth, the power, and the carefully controlled image is a man carrying wounds no amount of money can fix. The more she learns about him, the harder it becomes to remember that her stay has an expiration date. Three months. That was the deal. But when you're the only reason a billionaire smiles, walking away may cost more than either of you expected.

Sterling Vane owns half the skyline and all the headlines. Women fall over themselves for one look from him. Ivy Calloway just wants him to stop dripping mop water on her clean floor. She doesn't recognize him. She doesn't care to. She has a mother in a hospital bed and a job to finish before sunrise, and the rude man in the expensive coat is standing between her and both. He is used to being wanted. He is not used to being ignored. When Ivy accidentally costs him the one thing money can't buy him back, his pride, Sterling decides the fastest way to fix it is to own her attention completely. A fake arrangement. A public face. A woman on his arm who is not supposed to actually want him there. The problem is neither of them planned on this working.