Page 1 of Sending Nudes to My Boss

CHAPTER 1

DOT

Once upon a time,I was violently attracted to my boss.

How could I not be?

All you have to do to understand my attraction is take a look into those eyes. Those light blue eyes. Sometimes they’re so pale, they’re nearly white. Like the sky on a winter morning.

Contrast that with his golden skin and jet black hair, and it’s no wonder I had a crush.

William is what you would callstriking. The kind of good looks that make people turn on the sidewalk and stare. I know, because I witness this phenomenon frequently.

So yes. For a while, when I first started my job, I had a huge crush on my boss.

But don’t worry. It was a temporary lapse in judgment.

Because I’m not attracted to jerks. Obviously. And as I came to find out, William Hunter Lewis is a massive, condescending jerk.

Unfortunately for me, my good-looking boss is also the best criminal defense lawyer in the state of Texas. And because I’m not exactly rolling in piles of money right now, calling him when I'm in trouble just makes sense.

“Aggravated assault, disorderly conduct, and disturbing the peace,” William announces my charges to me through the bars in the jail cell.

I don’t know if it’s protocol for him to come back here and chat with me through the bars, but with William, everyone always seems to be willing to bend the rules.

They see his sharp suits and even sharper eyes, witness his bold charisma…and they fall to their knees. Willing to give him whatever he wants.

Once upon a time, Dot, you were eager to fall to your knees for this man too.

Ugh.

“Oh,” my boss continues, raising an unimpressed eyebrow. “I forgot. Also public intoxication. Seriously?”

“I wasn’t drunk!” I say. “I had maybe a sip of beer before that horrible woman started getting in my face.”

His expression softens a little.

“Did they do a breathalyzer when they picked you up?” he asks.

I shake my head.

“Then the judge will dismiss that one,” he shrugs, as though this isn’t the biggest deal in the world.

To me, though, it is.

I’ve never been in trouble before. I wasn’t exactly a “good girl” growing up – that honorable title was always reserved for my best friend and now sister-in-law, Katie – but I’ve never been in any real, legal trouble.

Being put into the back of a cop car an hour ago was surreal.

I stared at the back of the police officer’s head for the whole drive, wondering if he thought I was a bad person. Wondering what kind of people had sat in my same seat before, terrified and contemplating their choices during the quiet, lonely drive.

Before I became William’s assistant a couple of years ago, I didn’t know much about the justice system. I figured hey, if you don't want to go to jail, then don’t break any laws. Simple, right?

But it’s not.

Sometimes good people go to jail. People who are completely innocent. And also people who are guilty of the charged crimes…but they had a damn good reason for doing what they did.

In my case, I’m guilty. But I had a good reason. I swear, I did.

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