Ella Jean Ross
~ A Romance Novella ~
“You frustrate me.” He hissed. “ You and your outlandish colorful designs and your office and sticky notes and your look. I'm upset by your sheer presence, how every time you look at me like I've done something wrong and when you don't make sense. I'm upset by how you treat me like I'm the worst person on earth when you're just as volatile.”
I was speechless, locked under the intensity of his stare when his gaze flickered to my lips.
“I’m upset” he breathed out, “because every time you purse your lips like that I wish I could kiss you.”
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As Christmas approaches, Blair, an interior designer with a feisty streak is forced to go with her cold, snarky and harsh corporate partner / rival Zayn Olsen for the biggest business proposal of her life. Things already seem bad enough when they were forced to share a luxury bnb house for the night but all plans go awry when a sudden snowstorm leaves them stuck together.
She can't stand him, and he disdains her yet as days pass before they are rescued they have no choice but to coexist.
But their close proximity sparks a long lived attraction and their hostility may shape up into something more. Soon they may decide whether the rivalry was ever really the problem and whether hatred was all that burned between them.
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