After hours in room 9B: A close proximity romance

A Forced Proximity Enemies-to-Lovers Romance

They were never supposed to be in the same room.

Maya Collins is known for control. Precision. Results. In the world of high-stakes consulting, she doesn't lose-because she doesn't allow room for chaos.

Ethan Brooks is chaos.

Charismatic, unpredictable, and dangerously good at making people doubt everything they thought they knew. He doesn't just win arguments-he rewrites the rules of the room.

When both are selected for the final stage of a multi-million-pound corporate contract, they expect competition.

Not confinement.

But a logistics error forces them into shared accommodations during a closed-door executive retreat.

One suite.

Two rivals.

No escape.

What begins as professional hostility quickly turns into something far more dangerous-late-night tension, stolen moments of silence, and the unsettling awareness that neither of them is as unaffected as they pretend to be.

Because the more Maya tries to maintain control, the more Ethan seems determined to break it.

And the closer they get, the harder it becomes to tell the difference between strategy... and desire.

But in a world built on power, reputation, and manipulation, giving in could cost more than either of them is willing to lose.

Especially when someone behind the scenes may have placed them together for a reason neither of them understands yet.