A slow-burn enemies-to-lovers queer office romance
Rachel Vance has built her career on control — sharp suits, flawless execution, zero distractions. She doesn’t break rules. She writes them.
Enter Carmen unpredictable, magnetic, and unapologetically queer. From the moment she joins Rachel’s architecture firm, she challenges everything — from design aesthetics to Rachel’s tightly held composure.
Their working relationship is a powder keg of friction and longing, made worse by forced proximity and after-hours meetings that go on too long, too close, too loaded with tension.
When the heat finally boils over, what started as conflict erupts into something far deeper — and far more dangerous to everything Rachel thought she knew about herself.
Can control survive desire? What happens when the person who challenges you… also sees you?
Underneath is a sultry, emotional novella about boundaries, power, and the unexpected softness in surrender.