Contemporary Romance Plot Summary

Paige Gibson is the quintessential Southern girl from Dallas. Never leaving the house without her lipstick
and pearls, she just graduated from college and is starting her first real job as an assistant to the head
designer for an interior design company. It was the only job she could find that didnt require working
behind a counter and wasting her expensive degree. Her dream is to own her own company, to be her
own boss, and prove to her family that she has more than just great beauty, but the brains behind it.
Her first day on the job doesnt go well at all. She has trouble answering the complicated phone system
and forgets to take down the contact information for some potentially big clients. So sure that she wont
be asked to come back, she decides to meet up with her girlfriends for drinks in Uptown and drown her
sorrows. Once there, she runs into an old high school classmate, RJ Bishop, and doesnt look anything
like the nerd he used to be. They talk the whole night through, reminiscing and even ending the night
with a passionate kiss. But Paige is surprised the next morning to see RJ and his fianc consulting with
her boss on a new project...

Main Characters

Paige Gibson has always been mistaken for the all beauty no brains type. She grew up with a plush
lifestyle in the heart of Dallas, Texas. She has an older sister who is about to get married and so she feels
that her entire family is more focused on the wedding than on her budding career. She isnt jealous, but
shes not jumping with excitement at having to help plan all of the bridal showers and luncheons. She is
the epitome of a Southern girl, all charm, class, and decked from head to toe with pearls. As a recent
college grad, she is striving to make a name for herself at a posh interior design firm, but shes been
relegated to just being a glorified receptionist. She wants to prove to the firm that shes more than just a
pretty face, but she runs into major trouble, when on the first day, she loses an important future clients
number.

RJ Bishop was a complete nerd in high school. He was Paiges Chemistry tutor during her junior year and
theyve kept up with each other on and off when they both went away to separate colleges. He saw
college as a chance to reinvent himself, so he buffed up, joined a fraternity, and landed the hottest girl
on campus, Rebecca Fairchild. Hes the only child and hes made himself very wealthy as one of the up
and coming pediatricians in the entire state of Texas. He loves Rebecca, but something about seeing his
first crush, Paige, ignites something in him that he thought hed covered up long ago.

Plot (Chapter by Chapter Breakdown)

Chapter 1
Paige sets out to begin her career in a well-known interior design firm. Shes excited, yet anxious to
prove herself as more than just a pretty face from a wealthy family. She lets the excitement of the firm
cloud all of her reflexes as a glorified receptionist and costs the company a potentially high profile client.
Feeling as though shes ruined her chances at ever succeeding in the business on the first day, she allows
her good girlfriends to take her out for drinks in Midtown. Happy hour turns into dinner, which turns
into more drinks at a bar where she runs into an old friend from high school. They pick up exactly where
they left off and in the night with a heavy make out session and the promise of another rendezvous.
Chapter 2
Paige wakes up feeling both excitement and dread. Shes hopeful about a lost connection now found,
but worried at the future of her career. She goes into the office, believing that theyll be asking her to
pack her bags, but they welcome her with open arms. Despite her rough first day, her co-workers share
their own failures with their first jobs and give her the comfort she needs to make it through the day.
Chapter 3
Paige is beginning to feel concerned that she hasnt heard anything from RJ. She thought theyd hit it of
great and she considered him a viable date to her sisters upcoming nuptials. She gushes about him
nonstop to her girlfriends about their relationship in high school and how she always though he had a
crush on her. They tell her just to give it time, since guys can be weird about showing how much like
they like a new date. She tries to take her mind off everything be focusing on a new client that the office
is buzzing about.
Chapter 4
Paige is shocked to find out that bug client her firm is looking forward to having his RJ and his FIANCE.
She has no idea how go through the rest of her day, knowing that the person she made out with is
already taken and that the woman, Rebecca, is very down home and likeable. Every chance she gets,
she sends him death looks from across the office.
Chapter 5
RJ was hoping to get the image if Paige out of his system by not calling or asking to her again after the
bar. He was feeling terrible for cheating on Rebecca, but at the same time he was ecstatic at
reconnecting not only with an old friend, but his first real crush. He feels like an idiot for not
remembering the name of the firm she worked for and attempts to apologize to her after all of the
death stares she was sending him.
Chapter 6
Paige, under the persuasion of her friends, finally decides to pick up RJs calls. It was bad enough that
she was working with his fianc on their new custom built mansion, but she couldnt get over how much
hed changed since high school. He was always sweet, patient, and attentive as a friend. She didnt
understand how hed turned into someone who would not only lie, but be a cheater as well. They decide
to meet up for dinner.

Chapter 7
Dinner does not go well. RJ went in ready to apologize but Paige beat him to the punch by saying she
regretted ever kissing him to begin with. She storms out with rage, causing a scene. Unbeknownst to
either one of them, one of Rebeccas girlfriends is in the same restaurant and video tapes everything on
her cell phone and sends it to her.

Chapter 8
Before RJ Could even get home, his fianc was blowing up his phone, threatening to call off the
wedding. When he got back to their temporary rental, his clothes were strewn across the yard and she
had given him back his ring. Too ashamed to run home to his parents in the middle of the night, he
decides to sleep in his car right outside of Paiges apartment.

Chapter 9
Paige awakens to see RJ asleep in his BMW right outside her apartment. Seeing him again ignites rage,
but also confusion since they had ended the night on such bad terms. Against her better judgment, she
knocks on his window to see what could be the problem. They decide to talk over coffee and RJ begins
to tell her everything, from her being his first crush all the way through his struggle to reinvent himself,
as well as to try and be someone who he ultimately was not.

Chapter 10
Paige decides to try a hand at just being friends with RJ. She wants to develop a foundation before trying
anything romantic. They spend more and more time together, sharing their dreams (RJ wants to open
his own practice and Paige wants to eventually be in charge at her current firm.)

Chapter 11
Paiges sisters wedding is around the corner and she isnt sure whether or not inviting RJ would rush
things faster into the romantic stages of their relationship. After a talk with her girlfriends, she decides
to invite him as her date and it turns into a serious game changer. They decide to make it official and
start to date each other exclusively.
Chapter 12
Everything is going great with Paige until RJ receives a letter from his ex fianc telling him that hes
pregnant. She had apparently been waiting to tell him the night he had dinner with Paige and then
things got out of hand. Shes planning on keeping the baby, but just wants him to know. She leaves it up
to him whether or not he wants to be involved in their lives. He doesnt want to ruin anything with
Paige, so he holds off on telling her.

Chapter 13
Things are going great at work and Paige is starting to move up the ladder. Instead of receptionist shes
now the junior assistant to one of the lead designers at the firm. Shes over the moon happy with RJ
until she finds a letter on his desk from Rebecca explaining everything about her being pregnant. She
waits for RJ to come clean, but he never does. They have a horrible fight and Paige decides to break up
with him.

Chapter 14
The next week, Paige gets invited to work overseas in Copenhagen on a clients summer home. It would
involve her moving abroad for at least 6 months and she cant decide whether to take it. Though it
sounds like perfect timing, especially after the break up, she has a hard time making up her mind.
Eventually she decides to move and doesnt tell RJ until shes already left.

Chapter. 15
RJ is excited and heartbroken at seeing Paige leave but at the same time be able to pursue a big dream
of hers. Even though they didnt end on good terms, RJ decides to attempt at reconnecting through
email correspondence.

Chapter 16
Over the course of Paige being abroad, RJ finds out more interesting things about his ex Rebecca.
Rumors had begun to go around claiming that RJ wasnt actually the father and she was trying to get
money out him, because he was an up and coming pediatrician. RJ calls her bluff and she admits to
having cheated on him with a one night stand.
Chapter 17
RJ wants to tell Paige about everything that went down with Rebecca, but he doesnt want it to be over
email. He concocts a plan to explain everything to her. But first he has to go through the ringer with her
best girlfriends and family. He pays a visit to her best girlfriends to make amends and then visits her
family to ask, perhaps, one of the most important questions hes ever had to ask in his life.

Chapter 18
Paige is having a blast in Copenhagen and is also feeling good about reconnecting with RJ through email.
The distance and friendship they worked so hard for in the beginning was allowing for her heart to begin
to mend.

Chapter 19
RJ knows he cant wait another moment before Paige returns home, and so decides to surprise her in
Copenhagen. With the help of her girlfriends, they all go in on the surprise as RJ has a little something
more under his sleeve.

Chapter 20
Paige is completely surprised by RJs arrival and even more so at his surprise proposal. He tells her
everything about Rebecca and promises never to keep anything so big a secret again. She agrees to the
engagement and they go on to pursue their dreams together.