Bite Me, Hale

Heartbreak leads to a rival's bed, then a complicated office romance.

Sean's quiet hope shatters when his crush sends a wedding invitation. Drunk and devastated, he wakes up beside Adrian Hale, the arrogant classmate who tormented him in high school. Now bound by professional contracts, the two trade daily barbs that barely conceal a growing magnetic pull, all while the groom-to-be lingers in the background.

• LGBTQ+
• romance
• rivals to lovers
• workplace

1. Crush's wedding invitation devastates Sean
2. Drunken night with high-school rival Adrian
3. Forced proximity as office coworkers

This story fits readers who enjoy enemies-to-lovers tension fueled by workplace proximity and unresolved pasts.