The Master's Plan: Strictly Business, #2

By Lesley Ann

They call him The Master because everyone's in awe of his business savvy. I call him my obnoxious new boss, the grumpy b@stard with no people skills and a knack for making women's knickers drop. Sebastian Masterson has everything money can buy, and no one dare refuse him anything… until me. He hates it, I'm fairly sure. I annoy him with both my professionalism and my ability to be a hot mess at any given moment.
Well, the feeling's mutual, buddy.
Things change between us when I'm breaking into his garden (as part of my job, of course) and I accidentally catch him screwing his latest woman. For some unknown reason it puts me on his radar. That's my first mistake.
He says that he wants me. And I tell him he can't have me because HELLO? He's a rich, arrogant billionaire who scowls a lot. Have I mentioned he hates to lose? So, he makes me an offer I can't refuse. His plan is devious and beautiful, allowing me the closure, and okay revenge, I crave. So, I become his fake fiancé. That's my second mistake.
My third? Well, that would be the moment all the fake kisses, thong twanging, and scrumptious @rgasms become too real for me. It's my fatal mistake and there's no way I'm going to survive his new charm offensive. No way in Hell. And then I wonder, do I even want to?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Midas Jinx
• Release date: Jan 14, 2023
• ISBN: 9798215442418

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The Master’s Plan

Strictly Business book 2

Lesley Ann

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Ilove writing contemporary romance stories. I especially love office romance ones. It does my heart good to swoon over a sexy CEO, or to snort at the antics of a sassy assistant. I write these books for readers like me who just. can’t. get. enough.

Also, this book is for the people (especially women) who get told they curse too much. I am one such person. And so is Jerry, the heroine in this story. Let’s all stand together on this issue, and tell the judging ba$t@¬d$ to pigg off! ;)

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They call him The Master because everyone's in awe of his business savvy. I call him my obnoxious new boss, the grumpy b@stard with no people skills and a knack for making women's knickers drop. Sebastian Masterson has everything money can buy, and no one dares refuse him anything... until me. He hates it, I’m fairly sure. I annoy him with both my professionalism and my ability to be a hot mess at any given moment.

Well, the feeling’s mutual, buddy.

Things change between us when I’m breaking into his garden (as part of my job, of course) and I accidentally catch him screwing his latest woman. For some unknown reason, it puts me on his radar. That’s my first mistake.

He says he wants me. And I tell him he can’t have me because HELLO? He’s a rich, arrogant billionaire who scowls a lot. Have I mentioned he hates to lose? So, he makes me an offer I can't refuse. His plan is devious and beautiful, allowing me the closure, and okay, revenge, I crave. So, I become his fake fiancée. That’s my second mistake.

My third? Well, that would be the moment all the fake kisses, thong twanging, and scrumptious @rgasms become too real for me. It’s my fatal mistake, and there’s no way I’m going to survive his new charm offensive. No way in Hell. And then I wonder, do I even want to?

Chapter One 

Okay, seeing my new boss fucking his latest squeeze shouldn’t have shocked me as it did. And yes, all right, I probably shouldn’t have been standing at the patio door of his sprawling townhouse in Kensington, rooted to the spot because I’d been attempting to break in, either. Whatever way you explored those facts, I was buggered.

Except, I have to say, the show in front of me had me riveted and completely distracted. Maybe I didn’t care that I was definitely getting fired if he ever found out about this.

I mean, he was... well, he was... gifted. I waved my hand in front of my face. Was this late November weather turning for the better? I felt warmer than I did a few minutes ago. I touched the silky white fabric of my blouse and bellowed the collar a little, allowing a little chilly air to hit my cleavage in a welcome blast.

I sighed, focusing my scattered brain and smoothed down my black, knee-length pencil skirt. I wasn’t flustered. And I really needed this job after the shit show that happened across the pond. I also didn’t need a criminal record, either. There were probably laws about spying on your boss after breaking into his back garden in a mortifying attempt to redeem yourself.

I’m not a bad person, honestly. Probably stupid at times, but not bad. I simply have the worst luck EVER, it seems.

Today things were going swimmingly with the new boss. I hadn’t seen him all day and he couldn’t give me that scowl that he so often did. You know the one. It said, I’M REALLY NOT SURE WHY I HIRED YOU, JERRY. MAYBE I NEED ANOTHER PERSONAL ASSISTANT BEFORE YOU WRECK MY ENTIRE OFFICE? He did that one a whole lot. Sometimes it wasn’t justified. Other times? Absolutely.

See, the thing is, I’m actually a great personal assistant. I have references and years of experience. And I know I wouldn’t have gotten this job unless I checked out. My new boss is relentless in his pursuit of perfection.

And I was his perfection, if only for a few moments in the interview. Then, as soon as I started work at his prestigious construction company, things went downhill fast.

Probably doesn’t help that I’m a klutz. Things just tend to happen around me and I can’t do a damn thing to control them. And the more nervous and irritated he made me, the worse it became.

And that absolutely drove him mad. I knew he was biding his time before firing me because, for the most part, I was a damn