By: Jennifer Chipman What happens when two co-workers who can't stand each other end up stuck together at a work retreat for an entire week? Angelina Bradford I hate him. Viscerally. After our two-year long email feud, I end up stuck with him at our company retreat and I'm furious. Except, the more time we spend together, the more I struggle to reconcile the arrogant asshole who's been making my work life impossible with the suave man who insists on taking me hiking and canoeing because he loves nature and wants to get to know me. I don't want a relationship, but one passionate night together stirs something in me, so I decide I want to keep doing this. With rules, of course. No dinners together. No dates. No staying the night. A strict friends-with-benefits arrangement. The problem with self-imposed rules, though, is that they're too easy to break... Benjamin Sullivan When I first laid eyes on her two years ago, I thought she was beautiful. Then we fell into an email war full of mutual quips and thinly veiled insults, and I decided that if she was determined to hate me, I would hate her too. Until we're paired together at the company retreat, and I realize that I don't want her to hate me. I spend the week trying to win her over and make her see that I'm not as bad as she thinks. But then one thing leads to another and she ends up in my bed. It's supposed to be a one-time thing, so I'm surprised when she proposes a no-strings-attached arrangement. I agree with her rules, but as the days and weeks pass, I start wondering if there could be more between us than just sex... Disrespectfully Yours is a workplace romance full of banter, forced proximity, a grumpy girl and a sarcastic guy who is slowly growing obsessed with her. Contains steamy sex scenes and adult language.
