Optimizing Us: An Enemies-to-Lovers Workplace Romance
B.L. Keller
Maya Sterling is an SEO shark who lives for the "crawl budget." She’s spent years building her department at Apex Solutions into a powerhouse, only for a massive merger with OmniCorp to put her team—and her career—on the chopping block.
Enter Julian Thorne: OmniCorp’s Vice President of Marketing and a human spreadsheet who treats every human interaction like a line item to be optimized. He’s cold, he’s meticulous, and he’s the only thing standing between Maya and a severance package.
When a plumbing disaster traps them in a windowless "broom closet," the professional friction turns into a high-voltage connection that no firewall can contain. From covert data center missions in the middle of the night to high-stakes boardroom maneuvers, Maya and Julian must decide if they are competitors, allies, or the ultimate anomaly.
In a world of rigid protocols and calculated risks, falling for the enemy is the most dangerous investment of all.
