Breaking The Bosses: Curvy Woman Menage Romance

By Selina Coffey

April Thornton has a problem. One of the major shareholders being in town would be manageable, but two is going to be almost impossible—mostly because of which two it is. Dave Hines and Nathaniel Bryan hate each other's guts, and both of them have very strong opinions on how the company should be run: precisely not how the other one says it should be. April stocks up on antacids and grits her teeth, just hoping not to come out of this week with a migraine. What April didn't expect? Dave is absolutely, positively the most gorgeous man she's ever met…until Nathaniel shows up, that is. Which is kind of sad, because no matter how much April loves her curves, she's learned that hot executives don't go for the chubby secretary. Or do they? Arriving in town to start a war over the shareholders meeting, Nathaniel and Dave are soon embroiled in a very different war: one for April's heart. And it's about to end in a way none of them expected…

 

WARNING: This book contains mature language and themes, intended for adults only.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lovy Books Ltd
• Release date: Aug 25, 2023
• ISBN: 9798223416432

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CHAPTER ONE

She was already running late, and today was not the day for things to start going wrong so early. April clutched her coffee mug and ran as fast as she could in stiletto heels, trying not to let the coffee spill onto her cream blouse and pencil skirt. Whistles sounded from a nearby construction site and she flashed them a smile. It seemed like everywhere she turned, someone was telling her that she needed to be stick-thin and pouty-lipped, but the fact of the matter was that her curves and her smile drew appreciative grins wherever she went.

She slowed her run as she approached the doors of the Zenith Tower. Home to Houston & Co., her employers, it was a vision of glass and steel, modern and sleek, and sometimes April wondered exactly why she was working here. Sure, the pay was good and her coworkers were nice, but the fact was that the majority of the employees were snappish and her bubbly, romantic-comedies-and-wine personality didn’t exactly mesh with people whose idea of casual Friday was a navy suit instead of a black one.

And today, as she slipped into the elevator and punched the button for the top floor, she especially wondered why she was here. She could be a secretary absolutely anywhere—her recent promotion to the CEO’s secretary had given her a resume a lot of people would kill for—and she didn’t exactly need to be putting up with bickering shareholders. The idea of three days spent smoothing egos and defusing fights left her exhausted, and the men hadn’t even shown up yet.

April! Jane, the CFO’s secretary, smiled as April strode off the elevator. Wow, you look gorgeous.

Thanks, Jane. April smiled. Five foot eight, slim, and stunning, Jane was one of the girls April would just have written off a few years ago. In fact, when she first showed up at Houston & Co., she’d thought Jane’s compliments were insincere, meant to make her feel ugly and incompetent. But Jane was a real sweetheart, somehow managing to survive as secretary to the meanest person at Houston, and her blue eyes were alight with envy as she looked over April’s outfit.

I wish I had the courage to wear things like that, Jane said, heartfelt. Her usual black suit was offset with a crisp white blouse and a pink bracelet April had only just persuaded her to buy. But I don’t think I’d look very good in it.

All you need is confidence and a smile, April reminded her. Someday, she promised herself, she would help Jane realize how pretty she was. You’ve got the smile. Now you just need to fake it ‘til you make it with the confidence.

Jane laughed.

You’re sweet. Her voice dropped and she craned to look down the corridor. Are they here yet?

Oh, crap! April had managed to forget that she was late. Probably. Wish me luck.

You’ll need it. And if you need a drink, we’ll take you out at lunch.

Jane disappeared and April walked down the hallway, heart pounding. Now that she was here, she didn’t have any desire at all to go into the CEO’s waiting room. Nathaniel Bryan and Dave Hines were trying at the best of times, and that was when there was an entire table full of board members between them and a team assigned to run interference. Now, the two largest shareholders were going to be in town alone, and the CEO had asked April to show them around town. He’d even asked pleasantly, as if he wasn’t throwing her into a pool full of hungry piranhas.

Hello? she called as she came around the corner of the room.

For a moment, she