Same Paige by Hannah Jay

One night – one drunken mistake – could change everything.

History teacher and Most Boring Man Alive™, Keshava Patel, is having a thoroughly underwhelming thirtieth birthday. Until he sees her. Or rather, hears her. Paige is loud and funny, fascinating and easy on the eye. And Kesh is… interested. It’s been such a long time since he was interested. Tonight could be the start of something, he thinks. Yet the morning after, he can’t even look her in the eye. He doesn’t think he’ll ever be able to look at her again.
Sunny, sentimental Paige McAllister has a big bod, a big mouth, and an even bigger heart. In a small-town English pub, she runs into Kesh, someone she met once, a lifetime ago. He’s her opposite: sweet and laid back. And he’s gorgeous, even if he’s kind of moody. What was that? Is he flirting with me? Paige wakes the next morning groggy but giddy in his bed. But he’s acting strange. As last night starts to come back to her, she realises that something isn’t right… She’s forgetting something… What happened last night?

A few weeks later, when Paige’s car breaks down and she accidentally calls Kesh in a panic, he comes to her rescue. They strike a deal. Kesh will drive Paige to and from work until her car is fixed, if Paige helps him clear out and pack up a friend’s house. And so, they begin to spend time together. Just as friends… Because that’s what we are now… just friends… right?