I was gettin’ excited to finally see Eric acting like an intelligent adult with some sense and calling her on all her shit right up until I got the cream pie in my face at the end of the chapter.

Ugh! She is not a ‘nice girl’ and she doesn’t deserve anything but him moving on to a woman with a modicum of emotional maturity and to be fired before her ego grows so large it shatters all of the company building’s windows with its explosive momentum! I may have to bail on this one.

Ick, stale coffee for breakfast after having an all-around shifty week. Bummer.

Okay, sooooo this story DOES take place in an alternate universe, ‘cuz that would be the only way to explain this chapter...

How is it that Amelia knows so much more about how things work in D.C. than CEO level Eric? I acknowledge that the world turns because secretaries, admins, and lower than executive level professionals do their jobs well, but it’s unlikely someone in his position is so totally clueless. This story is really feeling like an exaggerated Sookie/Eric formula that ignores all sense of reality. Odd in an all human version...

Unless D.C. really is in an alternate universe, Sookie is seriously over-stepping. No company I’ve ever worked for would tolerate her behavior, regardless of past performance. I’m pretty sure she’d have been fired before now, but if not, seems like this would be the last straw.

Okay — totally suspicious of Uncle Bartlett making himself scarce for unknown reasons and his daughter being pregnant by Eric. Guys like Eric (attractive & powerful) are too careful generally & if he even suspected he could actually be the father, he’d take some kind of action, for better or for worse. Folks that high profile can’t afford to bury their heads in the sand and just hope problems go away. Sookie should be smart enough to know that if she’s a respected ‘professional’ in D.C.

So Eric’s being nothing but polite & considerate of the circumstances and Sookie is still being a snotty (figuratively & literally in this instance) bitch to him? And B-word, seriously? If you can’t act like anything but a bitch, you should at least be able to make yourself say the word. She has thoroughly demonstrated her lack of control & lack of breeding (from chapter 2 to this point) despite being unwilling to curse!

Also, in real life, it’s an odd company that would allow an administrative assistant to make press statements. Eric was spot on with his concerns. If it was inappropriate for him to do it since he’s not official yet, it would be more realistic for another executive in the company or someone from the P.R. Department to make any press statements. Our author here has written Sookie with delusions of grandeur!

His questions after the bid/no bid meeting were appropriate & valid. He’s working to settle into the new environment & needs to understand the people & methods around him. If she was really the professional the story says she is, she would know that and respond appropriately.

I’m losing hope that I’m not facing yet another Sookie that’s a raving bitch, jumping to knee-jerk, abusive insults and not thinking about the fallout until its too late. Oh, but please don’t let the Eric character turn into another begging, wincing, whiny, insecure lapdog! That’s already been done ad nauseam and that version of him isn’t remotely sexy. How is a pretty, standard-sized poodle with a shivering, traumatized psyche supposed to read as sexy or desirable?

Ugh! Here are the first signs of having a Sookie character who’s excessively self-righteous and completely lacking a sense of humor. I sure hope I’m wrong...

Good professional self-control from Sookie here. I gotta say, the cheesy lines coming from Eric seem very out of character, not just from my general expectations of an Eric character, but coming from any man armed with stellar looks & irrepressible self-confidence. Cheesy pickup lines like that usually come from moderately attractive to down-right plain men, who are trying to cover for a lack of confidence.

Geeze — when did acting like an immature, snotty-ass bitch begin to fall under “good manners” or acting like a lady? If she behaved like that to a CEO in any of the large companies I’ve worked at, she’d be lucky to get a formal reprimand instead of fired. He behaved badly, but apologized & offered a fresh start to a professional working relationship. Refusing to accept the apology, speaking disrespectfully, refusing to do work for a boss you’ve been assigned to assist, etc. That wouldn’t fly in the real world even if his behavior had been worse than the poorly conceived flirting on his first day.

sigh... I’m really hoping this doesn’t turn out to be yet another story that both, makes me want to stake the Sookie character for most of the piece, and shake the Eric character silly until he recognizes she’s just a reckless, childish bitch regardless of her looks & he should go in search of an emotionally adult woman to pursue. The first two chapters were so promising & fun, too! heavy sigh... 8[

ok... here is the deal, this is NOT how pregnancy is at all after being less than a week pregnant. I also don't understand why she blushes about absolutely fucking everything, it is quite annoying and makes her seem like a naive stupid little girl that can't even talk about a period like an adult. I don't understand why you have wrote her to be an ice queen when she is at work but a child when it has anything to do with outside of her job. She blushed over eating dessert for fuck sakes. She wouldn't at all be having any cravings or anything even remotely like that, Very unbelievable and kind of makes the story stupid. It paints Sookie as a stupid little girl who can't even tell a person her OBGYN that she is late on her period. I mean COME ON! I had high hopes for this story but the way you have written her is just down right dumb. Sorry, to be so negative but this is quite ridiculous. I hate all the Sookie pregnant stories that has her being a grump, having cravings etc. when she isn't even a month pregnant. This is just not how it works at ALL. I don't even know how Eric can stand her when she can't be an adult about anything other than work, she got bad news and just left the state without saying anything about her job that she supposedly LOVES so much and just left her cat to fend for her self, DUMB. It is sad and you have put females down really. We aren't all shrinking violets. But whatever... it is your story.

Love this story!

Well, I think I held my breath through those last few chapters :P So much action, suspense and drama! I am emotionally drained! I loved this story! Truly amazing!

I've reached the halfway point in this story and all I can say is "Wow!". Love these characters you've created along with a wonderful storyline. Can't wait to see what else you have in store for them! Let's see...

OMG! Funniest first chapter! Can't wait till their next interaction. Back to it...