That Time My Boss Couldn't Stop Talking About This Audiobook
My boss cornered me in the break room. Full panic mode. Wouldn't let me leave. She had just finished listening to something on her commute.
Four point four stars. Over one hundred sixty-six thousand reviews. She kept repeating those numbers like a broken fitness tracker.
Elle Kennedy wrote it. Contemporary romance. Hockey players. College setting. Banter that makes you miss your stop.
Four formats available. She couldn't decide which to buy next. Audible app on her phone. Physical copy for her shelf. The indecision haunted her.
Twenty-one dollars and change for the audio version. She mentioned this eleven times. I counted. Eleven.
She listened while folding laundry. While meal prepping. While pretending to exercise. The narrator became her gym buddy.
Her husband asked why she kept smiling at the dishwasher. She couldn't explain. He still doesn't know.
This was January. She has listened to it four more times since. Four.
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