55. Hate = Liking Him / Her But Feeling Too Early to Admit The Feelings

Synopsis

Debut author Sally Thorne bursts on the scene with a hilarious and sexy workplace comedy all about that thin, fine line between hate and love. Nemesis (n.) An opponent or rival whom a person cannot best or overcome. A person’s undoing Joshua Templeman Lucy Hutton and Joshua Templeman hate each other. Not dislike. Not begrudgingly tolerate. Hate. And they have no problem displaying their feelings through a series of ritualistic passive aggressive maneuvers as they sit across from each other, executive assistants to co-CEOs of a publishing company. Lucy can’t understand Joshua’s joyless, uptight, meticulous approach to his job. Joshua is clearly baffled by Lucy’s overly bright clothes, quirkiness, and Pollyanna attitude. Now up for the same promotion, their battle of wills has come to a head and Lucy refuses to back down when their latest game could cost her her dream job…But the tension between Lucy and Joshua has also reached its boiling point, and Lucy is discovering that maybe she doesn’t hate Joshua. And maybe, he doesn’t hate her either. Or maybe this is just another game.

The space between love and hate is very narrow.

When you hate someone, try not to hate him / her so much, you'll realise that you love him / her so much not so long after that.

Disgusting is a feeling I would prefer to describe my dislike. I don't hate the person, I am terribly disgusted by the person. Safe feeling.

Think of it this way:
If you hate someone, you will plan to harm him / her; you will do something to him / her. Competition doesn't solve the problem. I find being competitive stresses me. I'd like to do my very best at all things, rather than to do better than a certain people. It's unbecoming.

I tend to convert hatred to disgust; you won't find me falling to a love trap (because of hatred? you kidding me? shame on me I missed your love hints but since you've become so disgusting, I MUST throw you away - so sorry).

Book Recommendation:

• Sally Thorne - The Hating Game: A Novel