[Hot Holiday Nights 01] • One Wicked Night with the Boss

Monster boss. That’s what they call Jonathan Barnes, Boston’s most successful architect. They say he’s arrogant.

Demanding.

Impossible.

Cruel.

They say his gorgeous exterior conceals a wicked core. Like the rambling Victorians he restores, Jonathan Barnes is a complicated, beautiful, mysterious man.

He also famously fired three assistants in one day.

But he’s the best at what he does, which is why I’m determined to make a good first impression. Sure, I’m starting out as his secretary, and I’m wearing my sister’s hand-me-downs because I can’t afford new clothes.

But I can hide my working class roots. If I can tame the monster, I might just get to use my architecture degree.

It doesn’t matter that it’s Halloween on a Friday and my grad school friends are out celebrating. I’ve got one chance to show Jonathan Barnes I’m not afraid of him.

Of course, I didn’t count on being stuck with him all night in a building rumored to be haunted.

I’ve never worried about things that go bump in the night. Bump and grind is a whole other story...