Romance

Contractual Chemistry

By Bobby Cochran

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Length8h 29m

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A six-month contract. Zero feelings allowed. One very public disaster waiting to happen. Caleb Thorne believes in precision, clean data, and the comfort of a well-built spreadsheet. Jules Vane believes in optics, strategy, and surviving one more impossible day. When Jules needs a grounded, respectable boyfriend to help secure her biggest political client, Caleb agrees to a strictly professional arrangement: show up on cue, follow the script, and do not catch feelings. It should have been simple. But staged brunches turn into private jokes, midnight strategy sessions blur into real intimacy, and one off-script kiss changes the math. Then a spreadsheet reduces their relationship to measurable milestones, trust shatters in the most public way possible, and the cameras catch everything. Now the contract is collapsing, the headlines are merciless, and the only thing riskier than telling the truth is pretending they ever meant nothing at all.

Audiobook details

GenreRomance

Length8 hrs 29 mins

Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices

FormateBook with Audio

Publish dateMar 2, 2026

LanguageEnglish

1Introduction

20Chapter 19: The Reframing Crisis

2Chapter 1: The Precision of Solitude

21Chapter 20: Deepening Doubt: The Management Mask

3Chapter 2: The Binary Collision

22Chapter 21: The Spreadsheet of Sentiment

4Chapter 3: The Shadow of Sterling

23Chapter 22: Shields Up

5Chapter 4: Fragile Fronts

24Chapter 23: The Perfume and the Paper

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6Chapter 5: The Persistence of Jules

25Chapter 24: The Brittle Mask of Beatrice

7Chapter 6: No Way #1: The Statistical Impossibility

26Chapter 25: The Gala Pavilion Pressure

8Chapter 7: Adhesion: The Contract of Necessity

27Chapter 26: The Breakup: The Crystal Death Knell

9Chapter 8: Curation and Chaos

28Chapter 27: The Silence of the Aftermath

10Chapter 9: No Way #2: The Prop&#x27;s Protest

29Chapter 28: Dark Night of the Soul: The Inaccurate Heart

11Chapter 10: The Sterling Scrutiny

30Chapter 29: The Uncurated Crisis

12Chapter 11: The Inkling: Uncurated Moments

31Chapter 30: Wake Up: The Bodega Epiphany

13Chapter 12: Patterns of Attraction

32Chapter 31: The Logic of Forgiveness

14Chapter 13: Deepening Desire: The Ear Tuck

33Chapter 32: Grand Gesture: The Public Truth

15Chapter 14: Maybe This Time: The Rooftop Revelation

34Chapter 33: The Uncurated Kiss

16Chapter 15: The Morning After Algorithm

35Chapter 34: Whole-hearted: The Dawn of the Real

17Chapter 16: Midpoint of Love: The False High

36Chapter 35: Epilogue: The Margin of Happiness

18Chapter 17: The Weight of Authenticity

37Acknowledgments

19Chapter 18: Inkling of Doubt: The Authentic Fraud

38About the Author

About the author

Bobby Cochran

Bobby Cochran writes like the friend who shows up with a thermos of Arabica, a candle, a bubble machine, and a plan that actually fits inside your day. A gay comedian and clinical hypnotherapist in his fifties, he’s spent years helping people manage anxiety, build friendlier habits, and repair relationships—without losing their sense of humor. His toolkit is simple: a longer exhale, a glass of water when upset, posture that lets your lungs work, and small rituals of gratitude and delight. View all by Bobby Cochran