However, when he requests a meeting with her at his home, she starts to get a little wary – and then she finds out she has to be his fake fiancee! How in the world are they going to convince anyone they have even the slightest feelings for each other, other than animosity? And she receives constant vocal abuse from him, without ever talking back. She does everything he asks – picks up his dry cleaning, gets his breakfast and coffee, keeps his appointments and files perfectly. She scrimps on food, on her wardrobe, on everything, even taking a job for the worst boss in Canada because it pays well. Katie is subjecting herself to the worst PA job in the universe for one reason only: she needs the money, badly, in order to keep her elderly aunt in a good memory care facility. Of course, he’s hated every other assistant he’s had – and, well, I’m not sure there’s anyone Richard doesn’t hate when The Contract opens. Miss Elliot is perfect in every way, except that she’s so perfect at her job that he despises her. His head hunter and he come up with the idea of a fake engagement to some woman very different from the one-night-stands he’s been having – and the head hunter suggests the last person Richard would even consider, Richard’s assistant Katharine Elliot, the “bane of his existence”. Richard needs to change his image, at least long enough to get the job. There’s just one problem – the rival agency has a very different working environment, one based on family and teamwork, and they like their employees a little tamer than Richard’s reputation as a “Dick” (har har, get it? Richard? Dick?). When he gets passed over for a partnership, he decides to get even with his boss by jumping ship and going to the rival agency. Richard VanRyan is described as a tyrant by day and a playboy by night. Narrated by John Lane and Tatiana Sokolov
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