SYNOPSIS:
I thought it was too late. I thought our story had already been written.
College sophomore Brooke Anderson thought she had it all â a loving family, her sexy high school sweetheart, a supportive, quick-witted best friend and dreams of being the next hotshot reporter for the Washington Post.
Fate had something else in mind when Brooke collided with the devastatingly handsome upperclassman, Rich Davis. Rich was cocky, conceited and arrogant. He was everything that Brooke didnât want, but Rich never gave her the option. He had already made the choice to be, at the very least, her friend. Would Brooke accept this egotistical manâs friendship? Would she choose to want more? Would it be too late if she did?
Fast forward nearly ten years. Brookeâs life hadnât played out quite as she had envisioned it. She was suffering from the heartbreaking loss of her mother, her high school sweetheart was long gone, and her dreams of the Washington Post had turned into a career at a small town paper. Brooke decided it was time to follow her dreams. If she couldnât be happy in love, at least she could be happy in life.
Brookeâs dreams brought her to the lobby of the Washington Post where fate intervened once again as she collided with none other than the devastatingly handsome Rich Davis. As her potential employer, Rich now seemed off-limits. Brooke wanted her successful career more than a chance at love. But, was it really her choice to make, or was it beyond her control?
Maybe our story is, in fact, Unwritten â¦
College sophomore Brooke Anderson thought she had it all â a loving family, her sexy high school sweetheart, a supportive, quick-witted best friend and dreams of being the next hotshot reporter for the Washington Post.
Fate had something else in mind when Brooke collided with the devastatingly handsome upperclassman, Rich Davis. Rich was cocky, conceited and arrogant. He was everything that Brooke didnât want, but Rich never gave her the option. He had already made the choice to be, at the very least, her friend. Would Brooke accept this egotistical manâs friendship? Would she choose to want more? Would it be too late if she did?
Fast forward nearly ten years. Brookeâs life hadnât played out quite as she had envisioned it. She was suffering from the heartbreaking loss of her mother, her high school sweetheart was long gone, and her dreams of the Washington Post had turned into a career at a small town paper. Brooke decided it was time to follow her dreams. If she couldnât be happy in love, at least she could be happy in life.
Brookeâs dreams brought her to the lobby of the Washington Post where fate intervened once again as she collided with none other than the devastatingly handsome Rich Davis. As her potential employer, Rich now seemed off-limits. Brooke wanted her successful career more than a chance at love. But, was it really her choice to make, or was it beyond her control?
Maybe our story is, in fact, Unwritten â¦
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EXCERPT:
âYour view ⦠your entire office ⦠itâs exquisite,â I said after soaking it all in.
âWe havenât spoken in over nine years, and you want to talk about my view? But now that you mention it ⦠my view is quite exquisite and Iâm not referring to the skyline, or this officeâ he said, while licking his bottom lip. âYouâre just as beautiful as ever, Brooke.â
â⦠⦠⦠Rich, why am I here?â
Rich walked over to his side of the desk and placed his palms flat on its surface as if bracing himself before speaking, his intense, teal-blue eyes looking directly into my soul. âYouâre here because when your application came across my desk, I knew it was a sign that I had to see you again ⦠had to hear you laugh again ⦠had to smell that sweet scent again. Iâve missed you, Brooke.â
He took a deep breath before continuing, âEvery time an application came across my desk I hoped that one day it would be yours. You always said this was it for you â your end game and your dream job. Iâd be lying to myself and to you, if I didnât tell you that I came here and accepted this position, hoping that one day weâd find each other again.â
âSo, you only scheduled an interview because you wanted to finish what we never started ten years ago?â I asked in my most accusatory tone.
âPshh, you would get that from what I just said, wouldnât you? No, of course not, Brooke. I wanted you to come for an interview, because I was impressed by what I read on your resume. Youâve had an impressive career and I think you would make an excellent addition to my editorial staff. Trust me, Iâm not the only one who thinks that. Your resume made it through three layers of a selection process before it ended up on my desk.â
âOh ⦠OK. Well, thanks.â
He looked at me with the most devilish grin before adding ⦠âIt just doesnât hurt that I want to get to know you again.â
I could feel the heat rising in my cheeks and expected that they had turned a bright shade of pink.
âRich, I canât do this. I really do want this job, but if I accept the position, assuming that you are offering me one, I ⦠we canât do this. Youâd be my boss. I canât and I wonât be my bossâs pet. No one would ever take me seriously. I wouldnât take me seriously. Iâve worked too hard for my career.â
âIâm sorry, Brooke, I should have kept that to myself. I donât want to scare you away. How about this ⦠I donât offer you the position â today? We talk â you know, catch up â conduct a real interview. Then Iâll send you on your way to your hotel. You will then eat at the restaurant where my secretary has already made dinner reservations for you. Iâll just happen to show up and weâll meet once again. Iâll just be Rich and youâll just be Brooke. We wonât be interviewer and interviewee. What do you say, Miss Anderson? Sound like a plan?â
I had to give him credit; he sure did make it sound so easy.
âSounds more like a date than a plan, Mr. Davis. Youâve really given this some thought. That truly is some proposition,â I responded with a wink.
âIâll take your feisty response as a yes then. And, yes, Iâve been thinking about this since I left you on your doorstep, wearing that ravishing, purple gown over nine years ago. Now, the quicker we begin your interview, the faster we can get to dinner, the earlier I can get you to my place so we can make up for lost time. What do you say, letâs begin your interview, shall we?â
âYe-, Ye-s, sure ⦠fire away.â
AUTHOR BIO:
M.C. Decker is the author of the debut novel, Unwritten. She lives in a suburb of Flint, Michigan with her husband and spoiled-rotten Siamese cat, Simon. For the last decade, she has worked as a journalist for several community newspapers in Michiganâs Thumb region. She enjoys all things â80s and â90s pop culture: movies, boy bands, music and especially the color, hot pink. She also strictly lives by the motto, âLife is better in flip flops,â and is a diehard Detroit Tigers fan.
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