Lara is a stunningly beautiful woman (of course) who is interviewing for a position at a top-tier bank. Unfortunately, the creepy boss forces persuades Lara to go on dates with him before he offers her the job. She endures these outings, telling herself she has to do it to get the job, until the creepy boss suddenly declares his love and proposes to her. Lara politely refuses, and suddenly out pops the "big boss" - the two men are brothers, and while the creepy boss is materialistic, the big boss is down-to-earth (he's scruffy and reads books), which is why their parents gave the more sensible brother 51% of the shares in the bank. (LOL!) Big boss offers Lara an even better job and... invites her out on a date. The end!
I found it a bit of an odd story: there are hints that there's more to Lara than meets the eye, but this doesn't come to anything; and the ethical implications of someone in a position of power using their status to pressure a subordinate into a romantic relationship is never addressed (presumably the author doesn't see anything wrong with this, and the creepy boss's only flaw is his materialism, so the big boss dating his employee is totally cool). There's also a random plot thread about Lara's friend in Chicago, which doesn't have anything to do with Lara's story, but adds to the wordcount I guess?
I know, I know - it's just a graded reader! But I don't think it's too much to ask for some quality storytelling... A mediocre plot, but as with the other volumes in the series, it's good as a learning tool.
Lara is a stunningly beautiful woman (of course) who is interviewing for a position at a top-tier bank. Unfortunately, the creepy boss
forcespersuades Lara to go on dates with him before he offers her the job. She endures these outings, telling herself she has to do it to get the job, until the creepy boss suddenly declares his love and proposes to her. Lara politely refuses, and suddenly out pops the "big boss" - the two men are brothers, and while the creepy boss is materialistic, the big boss is down-to-earth (he's scruffy and reads books), which is why their parents gave the more sensible brother 51% of the shares in the bank. (LOL!) Big boss offers Lara an even better job and... invites her out on a date. The end!I found it a bit of an odd story: there are hints that there's more to Lara than meets the eye, but this doesn't come to anything; and the ethical implications of someone in a position of power using their status to pressure a subordinate into a romantic relationship is never addressed (presumably the author doesn't see anything wrong with this, and the creepy boss's only flaw is his materialism, so the big boss dating his employee is totally cool). There's also a random plot thread about Lara's friend in Chicago, which doesn't have anything to do with Lara's story, but adds to the wordcount I guess?
I know, I know - it's just a graded reader! But I don't think it's too much to ask for some quality storytelling... A mediocre plot, but as with the other volumes in the series, it's good as a learning tool.