Harris is a controlling douche. He and Jen are made for each other I think. Chance and Angie have a real connection. Good story!

Good chapter...Denise and Asger could have a great story...

Adele should keep the granite wall up against this privileged douche. I hate him! I love Adele as she works hard to get where she is. But Gabriel just assumes she should be his friend and hang around his family. Can't you at least make him more empathetic? I hope it happens at some point

Yeah! Great chapter! I love Adele! She stood up for herself. Gabriel's had his first lesson on white privilege. I hope he learns...

Why? Why? Why must the "minority" always apogize and accept the crumbs white privilege throws at us? Gabriel did not acknowledge he was wrong or even deny the truth of Adele's words to him, yet they fit? Adele gained her opportunity through hard work, but is judged as less by appearance, which is wrong. But Gabriel doesn't need to understand and apologize? No because he's good looking and white and rich, it's okay. Of course Adele shouldn't resist, right? He's only bringing her up, right? Gabriel needs to work a LOT harder to prove he's worthy of Adele. He should talk to Max. Maybe he would learn something.

Yessss!  You go Adele!  I am glad that she has enough self respect to leave the firm instead of taking the associate position.  Gabriel is clearly 100% clueless as he didn't acknowledge when Humphrey's called him on his change of heart about Adele coinciding with her change in appearance.  Gabriel also failed to acknowledge the truth of Adele's words that she is not wanted at their firm.  Humphrey's attitude clearly shows that truth as in spite of Adele finishing second, he claims basically that she was a token who was lucky to get the position while failing to acknowledge she got the position on merit.  The blindness Gabriel shows to these facts makes him quite unsuitable for Adele.  He has no clue of the world in which she really lives.  Good job!  I hope to see growth for both Adele and Gabriel.  Right now I'm team Max as Gabriel still has no clue why Adele and Max are friends.  Maybe he'll learn.  I'm just glad that Adele chose to be true to herself.  If she's really worth it, Gabriel will want the real Adele and all that comes with knowing her. 

So Gabriel has gotten a bit of schooling from a friend. The man is still clueless.  I hate that he approaches Adele wanting more than friendship when he still refuses to truly understand how his firm treated Adele with disdain and can't remember his part in it all. Having him remember that he was not so differrent from Humphreys when he first assessed Adele would be a start. At least the competition was more open minded and struck at a golden opportunity to get an excellent candidate in getting Adele.  Gabriel still has such a long way to go, so he needs to be stuck in the friend zone.  Adele would have to compromise too much of herself to be with him which is unacceptable. Maybe he'll learn in time. I'm really liking this story more now as you take us on this journey with Gabriel and Adele.  

Now we are getting to the crux of the matter!  Gabriel is loathe to acknowledge his privilege, a privilege out of reach to Adele, yet he wants to bring her into a world in which she can never truthfully exist.  He's just beginning to think about it but the fact that he says he is loathe to know how to overcome the issue shows his being clueless reigns supreme.  I so don't like this guy, in spite of his trying, because he's so stupid!  His privilege is so automatic that he has not ever questioned it or its effects on those who don't "fit", hence his being loathe to change it.  I am so glad Adele asked the question about his attraction to her before she changed her appearance!  Now Gabriel is forced to confront a harsh truth that is the true barrier to his relationship with Adele.  However, it's more than being a barrier to his relationship with Adele, it's a barrier that affects the lives of the excluded candidates who in spite of their merit, don't fit the physical privileged mold.  I love Adele for being strong and standing up for herself not to fall for Gabriel in spite of her attraction to him.  She wants a man with whom she feels comfortable in knowing he wants to be with the real Adele, the beautiful person she has always been.  That's the difference between Max and Gabriel.  Max always saw the beauty within Adele that Gabriel was loathe to acknowledge until she changed her appearance.  I love this book!  Excellent work!

Go Adele! Humphrey just hung himself and exposed the racism of Northfield. He also reminded Adele of her reason for caution in pursuing a relationship with Gabriel. Because of Gabriel making the comments that Adele was a token minority, people would view their relationship as Adele using sex to get her position. And Adele would always wonder if that was true about Gabriel. Good chapter! Can't wait to see the fall out!

I like this book. Matt and Madi have outside obstacles but the only people who really matter are the two of them.  

Editing the significant amount of spelling, grammatical and punctuation errors would really enhance the story. Supposedly Astrid had not seen Xavier in 5 years and it ended badly then, but she's immediately enamoered with him. WTF? The girl has zero sense of self value, I guess. It's hard to invest in her character.  She's too needy. Dude can betray her and she's ready to jump his bones. Yeah, too many stories like this with this type of character are out there. What will really set this story apart?  It's definitely not there yet.

That was lol hysterical. Chandi is too much! Unfortunately, I think Diya is going to have problems with her family accepting Brandon. I'm eager to see how this plays out.