She gives Joshua strawberries as a thank you gift, and learns the roses had been from him. He asks her to dinner that night and kisses her on the cheek, upsetting Joshua. He brings her daisies, and escorts her up the elevator to her desk. The day she goes back to work, Danny comes by and asks to give her a ride. While she’s sick, Joshua and Lucy are vulnerable with each other and grow closer. Patrick convinces Joshua to go to the wedding and to bring Lucy. Joshua has his brother Patrick, a doctor, come over to take a look at Lucy, and she overhears Patrick talking to Joshua about his upcoming wedding. He stays to take care of her once he learns there is no one else to do so. She gets very sick, and Joshua helps get her home. The office plays a paintball game in an effort to build comradery. The next day, she receives roses with the note: “ You’re always beautiful” (78).
She tells Joshua he’s “ruined” her, that because of him she can’t handle a man telling her she’s beautiful. Joshua shows up with her coat and asks why she’s crying. She meets Danny, and he tells her that she’s beautiful. He stops the elevator and deeply kisses her, surprising her. Joshua offers to give her a ride to the bar. In a fit of panic, she approaches Danny and asks him out. She lies that she does, and Joshua says he’ll be at the same place at the same time. She dresses in a sexy black dress that morning to throw him off his game, and he asks whether she has a date. That night, she has an erotic dream about Joshua, awaking aroused and disturbed. They ask about Joshua making her work life miserable, and she tells them about another coworker, Danny. Lucy video chats in the evening with her parents, the only people she talks to because she has no friends.
Joshua and Lucy begin a competition for the job. Bexley announce that they’re creating a new position of chief operating officer, and Helene encourages Lucy to apply. Joshua teases her about her upbringing on a strawberry farm, unintentionally reminding her of how homesick and lonely she feels.Īt a staff meeting, Helene and Mr. The mail courier brings Lucy a package containing a hard-to-find Smurf figurine to add to her collection, and Joshua accuses her of caring too much about what others think of her. The following day she snoops at Joshua’s desk for information to use against him, finding codes she can’t decipher in his day planner. Lucy notes that one of the most important things to know about her is her hatred for Joshua Templeton. Lucy and Joshua are executive assistants to the co-CEOs, Helene Pascal and Richard Bexley.
She engages in the “Mirror Game,” one of the many “hating” games she plays with Joshua Templeton, who works at the desk opposite hers. The novel opens with 28-year-old Lucy Hutton at her desk at Bexley & Gamin Publishing.
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