Losing the Bet: African American Romance

By Harriet Hart

Nothing exciting ever happens at this pharmaceutical company. Day in and day out, everyone does the same old thing. They stick to their co-workers and their floor. No one ever branches out.

 

Until new girl, Jasmine, joins and breaks the mold.

 

She's unlike most people who work at the office. She's black, she's loud, she opinionated and her hair seems to change every day. No one knows what to make of her when she starts breaking all of the rules. Jasmine likes being the center of attention.

 

And she catches Travis's eye.

 

Travis works in IT. He's not the type of guy to stand out. Especially not for a woman like Jasmine. But she seems to take a second look.

 

His co-workers notice as well. They decide to make a bet. Whoever loses has to ask Jasmine out in front of everyone. It's a scary prospect.

 

Travis loses.

 

Now he has to prepare for the most humiliating moment of his life. Because somewhere during this time, Jasmine has turned from woman who would never look twice at him to the woman of his dreams.

 

Travis is not prepared when the bet ends very unexpectedly.

 

This is a standalone romance short story ending HEA and the book contains language, situations, or images appropriate for readers over 18 years of age only!

• Language: English
• Publisher: PN.Books
• Release date: Jun 3, 2020
• ISBN: 9781393761563

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Title Page

Title: Losing the Bet

Subtitle: African American Romance

Author: Harriet Hart

Table of Contents

Copyright

Title Page

Losing the Bet

Description

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Losing the Bet

Description

Nothing exciting ever happens at this pharmaceutical company. Day in and day out, everyone does the same old thing. They stick to their co-workers and their floor. No one ever branches out.

Until new girl, Jasmine, joins and breaks the mold.

She’s unlike most people who work at the office. She’s black, she’s loud, she opinionated and her hair seems to change every day. No one knows what to make of her when she starts breaking all of the rules. Jasmine likes being the center of attention.

And she catches Travis’s eye.

Travis works in IT. He’s not the type of guy to stand out. Especially not for a woman like Jasmine. But she seems to take a second look.

His co-workers notice as well. They decide to make a bet. Whoever loses has to ask Jasmine out in front of everyone. It’s a scary prospect.

Travis loses.

Now he has to prepare for the most humiliating moment of his life. Because somewhere during this time, Jasmine has turned from woman who would never look twice at him to the woman of his dreams.

Travis is not prepared when the bet ends very unexpectedly.

Chapter 1

Dude, look at her.

Travis looked up from his computer and immediately wished he hadn’t. But it was too late. She had already caught his eye.

What are you looking at? Jasmine Vargas barked, giving him a look so cold that Travis felt a hard shiver down his spine.

N-n... He couldn’t get the words out so he just stuttered out sounds.

Cat got your tongue? Jasmine arched one of her eyebrows. They were a perfectly styled—or drawn—or whatever women did to their face to make that perfect thin arch over each eye lid. She also had a small eyebrow piercing there and a stud in her nose. Today, her hair was braided and twisted up into a high faux-hawk, as spiky and confrontational as her voice was.

I catch you staring again, Jasmine said. She made a snipping motion with her fingers and then pointed down towards his crotch. Travis felt his cheeks heating up immediately. Jasmine left, the echo of her heels spreading through the entire fifth floor. Cyrus started laughing as soon as she was out of sight.

Dude. Cyrus couldn’t get his words together. You got... schooled. She played you so bad.

Travis rolled his eyes, turning back to his computer. He didn’t need this. He had so much coding to do it was ridiculous. He shouldn’t