The Office Nemesis Calamity

The Office Nemesis Calamity Hayden Hall Copyright Copyright © 2023 by Hayden Hall All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning, or otherwise without written permission from the publisher. It is illegal to copy this book, post it to a website, or distribute it by any other means without permission.This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author's imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental. Edited by Sabrina Hutchinson Cover by Cate Ashwood Written by Hayden Hall www.haydenhallwrites.com ISBN: 979-8-3733-5846-0 C onnect with me online. Join my newsletter for a freebie pack. Follow me on BookBub. Join Hayden’s Hall on Facebook. Follow my Facebook page. Check out my website. It's www.haydenhallwrites.com Follow me on Amazon. Check out my other college books. College Boys of New Haven Series The Nerd Jock Conundrum The Three Hearts Equation The Two Stars Collision The No Strings Theory The Geeky Jock Paradox About the Book I hate his pretty lips. I hate how good they taste. Theo He’s the most infuriating, immature frat brat I’ve ever had the misfortune of coming across. Again. He’s also the guy I dumped in high-school when I realized I was straight after all. And he just so happens to be the intern at his dad’s company; the very same one I work for. A terrible misunderstanding puts Justin Lewis into my care. I’m supposed to teach him how his father’s business works. But he’s determined to do it the hard way. Four years ago, after breaking his heart, I experienced what Justin’s hatred could do. He ruined the final weeks of high-school for me. He scared me into skipping my prom night. No more. I’m not that frightened kid anymore. I’ve come far without anyone’s help and I’m not letting one begrudging ex ruin all that I’ve achieved. If only he wasn’t so irresistible when he pouted. If only I could stop leaning in to catch his scent. If only I wasn’t about to make the same mistake all over again. Justin It was supposed to be simple; do the internship, make Dad happy, and go away to lick my wounds. I’m sick of the way I live, but a terrible breakup from four years ago still haunts me. Until I start my internship and discover there’s Theo Wright in my office. Or am I in his office? Depends on who you ask. The guy hates me and I know why. But I hate him just as much. He wrecked me for good when he turned suddenly straight after one encounter and I never trusted another guy since. If I’m going to earn my ticket out, I need to do this boring internship. And Theo just so happens to be the only thing to help me pass the time. Annoying him is my new, favorite hobby. Until I take it a step too far. And he blushes like a maiden. And my heart nearly explodes. Maybe there’s more to him than I let myself believe. The way he looks at me while we work is almost enough to give me a glimmer of hope. If I Contents Prologue 1. An Unwelcome Surprise 2. The New Intern 3. Finding the Button 4. Tease and Resist 5. The Return Fire 6. As the Pot Boils 7. Effective Immediately 8. All Hell Breaks Loose 9. That Might Be a Mouthful 10. Moonlight & Magic 11. The Best of Days 12. The Dream’s End 13. The Worst of Days 14. Until the End of Time Epilogue A Quick Note Frat Brats of Santa Barbara Prologue F OUR YEARS EARLIER I wrapped one hand around the other to calm down my shaking fingers. Breathe, Theo, I whispered internally. Just rip it off like a Band-Aid. It’ll only hurt for a bit. I’d been trying to get this over with for a week, but it never felt like the right time. And the longer I was letting it go on, the harder it would be. But I had no other option. I was cornered like a wounded animal. There were bigger beasts coming after me; it was only unfortunate that the sweetest guy I knew had to suffer the most. But was lying to his face any better? It makes him smile. It makes him happy. Every time you say those sweet things to him, he lights up. Can you really take that away? I had to. Guys in the locker room were undressing by the time I found my towel. I took a step back and sat on the bench, glancing lazily around. Every last one of these guys had a body Adonis would be proud of and not a single one of them made me feel a thing. Nothing. Not their dicks and balls, not their asses. Not their abs or their chests. I fucking checked, too. Dayton strolled in front of me, unashamedly swinging that thing like it helped him clear the way to the showers, and I felt zero desire to keep looking, let alone do something else. The only problem was, I could tell that to every last one of these guys, except the one who needed to hear it. The one whom I promised I was into it. In my defense, I’d fully believed it, too. And there he was, walking into the locker room after