Interview

By Jess Winters

He was the number one trouble who threatened to steal her heart.

As a journalist, Jessica Ryder knew how to deal with all kinds of situations, but when her editor assigned her a last minute interview, she realized she wasn't prepared at all for the number one tennis player Hayden Connors. She imagined him as some spoiled rich kid, but found a bad boy billionaire instead.

From the moment they met they disliked each other. Hayden was the kind of man that Jessica despised-he was arrogant, a playboy and bad mouthed-yet she found him so attractive that it became difficult to fight the growing desire that was drawing them closer to each other.

Will Jessica be able to finish this interview with the intact heart or will she get pulled into his dark, alluring world?

• Language: English
• Publisher: SSPATEL Publishing
• Release date: Jan 29, 2020
• ISBN: 9781393843467

Book preview

Introduction

As a journalist, Jessica Ryder knew how to deal with all kinds of situations. But when her editor assigned her a last minute interview, she realized that she wasn’t prepared at all for the number one tennis player, Hayden Connors. She imagined him as some spoiled rich kid, but found a bad boy billionaire instead.

From the moment they met, they disliked each other. Hayden was the kind of man that Jessica despised. He was arrogant, a playboy and bad mouthed, yet she found him so attractive that it became difficult to fight the growing desire that was drawing them closer together.

Chapter 1 – Meeting the Rude Boy

It was a shiny September day in New York City, perfect for a picnic in the park or a big birthday party. Jessica Ryder wished she could fully enjoy the last summer days. Summer was her favorite season, and she felt like it had passed far too quickly.

Unfortunately, when you are a reporter working for a major U.S. TV station, there were barely any free days. Something was always happening around the world, and Jessica couldn’t remember when the last time was she had more than four hours of sleep a day, let alone some rest on a breath-taking beach, enjoying the hot days without having to worry about deadlines. When was the last time she went on a vacation?

That weekend was supposed to be her long deserved break. She was supposed to be at her younger sister’s birthday party in New Jersey, not in the Upper East Side. She was supposed to enjoy the margaritas that were her sister’s favorite, not doing some last minute job that her editor Timothy assigned to her.

There was nothing enjoyable about interviewing some celebrity who was a top tennis player.

She turned around to her cameraman, John. What was his name again?

John rolled his eyes. This was usual for the two of them. He was like her personal notebook, reminding her of the important facts. They had worked for quite a long time together, so he had got used to Jessica’s lack of concentration. She was a good reporter, but her memory was short-term only. At least when it came to the people that she was often asked to interview.

Hayden Connors, the number one tennis player in the world.

Jessica rolled her eyes. Seriously? Of all of the tedious tasks that Timothy could have given her, he sent her to interview some spoiled tennis star? He knew sports wasn’t her strong side. She was great when it came to reporting about politics, crime or even fashion shows. Not that she was particularly interested in any of those, but she could at least cope well with the topics.

How in the world she can interview some tennis player when she had no idea about the sport and, what’s more, she knew nothing about Hayden Connors. Besides, she wasn’t fond of sports players by default. Most of them were either womanizers or stupid. Or both.

When Timothy had told her the previous day to prepare for the set of three interviews that were scheduled for that weekend and Monday, she’d had a mini-heart attack. No amount of googling could prepare her seriously. She would have to improvise a lot.

Luckily, John was always by her side when she needed help, and it was pure luck that he was a huge Hayden fan.

If you just smile and bat your eyelashes, you will go well, Luke, her boom operator, was well-known for his sarcasm. He particularly liked sexist jokes. I heard that he is weak when it comes to women.

She glared at him.