All Chapters of Let Me Go, Boss!: Chapter 1 - Chapter 4

Riley’s povThis was a terrible idea. Worse than cutting your own bangs. Worse than eating gas station sushi. Worse than that one time I had tried to fix my own car and ended up setting off the airbags.And yet, here I was, stepping into the glass fortress of Maddox Sports Management, clutching a lukewarm coffee and a résumé that wasn’t even mine.How did I get here? Oh, right. Because my twin sister, Vanessa, was a manipulative little escape artist who had tricked me into taking her job and then conveniently disappeared to “find herself” in Bali.I inhaled deeply, staring at the sleek lobby that practically screamed money and stress. The receptionist eyed me like I was already a disappointment. Fair enough. I felt like one too.I forced my shoulders back, stretching out my lips in a forced smile. "Hi, I’m Riley Harper. I’m here for—"The receptionist eyed me up and down before pursing her lips. "You're late."Great. Fantastic start.I cleared my throat. "I had some… unexpected delays

Riley’s POVBy the time my alarm blared at 2:30 a.m., I was seriously questioning my life choices. I groaned, smacked the clock until it stopped, and rolled out of bed like a corpse reanimating. My entire body ached from yesterday’s disaster—physically, from all the running around, and emotionally, from the soul-crushing realization that Jax Maddox was only getting started with his torment. Three a.m., no excuses. That’s what he’d said. Dragging myself from bed, I cursed Jax under my breath the entire time. I had exactly half an hour to get dressed and make it across the city to his penthouse before he found another reason to fire me. Who in their right mind scheduled a meeting for 3 a.m.? And training for 4 a.m.? Only Jax freaking Maddox. I hurriedly threw on my sweatshirt, grabbed my phone, bag, tablet, journal, and immediately started driving to his penthouse. The moment I stepped into Jax’s place, I knew something was off. It was too quiet. No passive-aggressive co