It doesn’t take long for one date to turn into two, and then to turn into a relationship. They make eye contact, get off the train, and end the encounter with a date planned for later in the week. It’s only a matter of time before Grant and Soraya meet in person.Īs it happens, Grant recognizes Soraya when they are sitting in a train car together again. Thus begins a texting relationship which sparkles with humor and, above all, chemistry. In an impulsive moment, Grant messages her back. Grant’s mother has been gone for about a decade, but he’s still bothered by Soraya’s text. Grant-aside from being attracted to Soraya’s picture, naturally-is first taken in by the message that accompanied it, a text saying Your mother would be ashamed of you. This is very much in character for Soraya-she’s a feisty Italian girl from Brooklyn who refuses to put up with anyone’s foolishness or disrespect. She leaves it with his beleaguered secretary after texting it a picture of herself from the neck down and listing her contact as You’re Welcome Asshole. Unfortunately, when Soraya goes to return Grant’s phone, he won’t deign to see her. When Soraya realizes minutes later that he dropped his phone getting off the subway, she digs through his photos briefly, looking for more detail about the awful (but attractive) man, and then gets ready to return it to his office. She is sitting across a subway car from Grant, listening to him rail at his secretary over the phone-a woman whose name he cannot even be bothered to remember correctly. Soraya Venedetta is less than impressed by Grant Morgan the first time she encounters him.

Thus, when I found out Stuck-Up Suit began with a chance meeting on the subway in NYC, well, I had to read it. Now that I’ve lived in New York City for a few years, and bonded with more than a few strangers over the course of a Metro North or subway ride, I’m well aware of the potential a train has for a meet-cute. Whenever we travel together, she likes to make up different scenarios involving us having our own meet-cutes: A stranger at the airport, the guard at the museum there are infinite ways to meet people when you travel. I have a friend who likes to go on and on about meet-cutes.

Stuck up suit by vi keeland