Operation Foreplay (38 page)

Authors: Christine Hughes

BOOK: Operation Foreplay

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“How am I going to find a new job?”

“The same way everyone else finds a new job. You look for one. You use your network. Mel and I will help you, and I am sure your parents will help you, until you get on your feet.”

“My mom never liked Steven,” I mumbled and chewed on a fingernail.

“Neither did I,” Melody blurted. “What? I thought we were being honest.”

“We are.” Sarah pointed between herself and Melody. “We need Caroline to be honest.”

“Me? About what?”

“What you want. Do you want to stay in Steven’s shadow? Do you want to stare at Betsy the Intern all day long? Do you want to work someplace that chews away everything great about you until you become an empty shell? Or do you want to take life by the balls and live a little?”

“It’s a lot to take in so fast.”

“So fast? You’ve become part of the decor, darling. Get your sweet ass off my couch before I remove you from it myself.” Sarah smiled.

“And you think I need to have sex with a stranger?”

“I think you’re looking too much into it.”

“I don’t know. I need time to think.”

And I did think. And partake in numerous talks about the ins and outs of dating and one night stands—I mean, I had been out of the game for five years. We took a trip the next day to a hair salon and Fred Burke’s, a high-end boutique store, and even squeezed in some much needed fat burning with spin class on Sunday. In between all of it, my ice cream was thrown out, Ice Cream Dreams was asked not to sell my ice cream to me anymore, and my résumé and cover letters were revamped. All I needed to do was rip off the Band-Aid. Easier said than done.

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Table of Contents

Cover
Title Page
Welcome
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Two
Chapter Twenty-Three
Chapter Twenty-Four
Chapter Twenty-Five
Chapter Twenty-Six
Chapter Twenty-Seven
Chapter Twenty-Eight
Chapter Twenty-Nine
Chapter Thirty
Chapter Thirty-One
Cocktail Recipes
About the Author
An excerpt from OPERATION ONE NIGHT STAND
Newsletters
Copyright

This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is coincidental.

Copyright © 2015 by Christine Hughes
Excerpt from
Operation One Night Stand
copyright © 2015 by Christine Hughes
Cover design by Christine Foltzer
Cover copyright © 2015 by Hachette Book Group, Inc.

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