Chapter 16

After lunch, Jake took Leila and Emma ashore on the speedboat kept moored to the cruiser. Any excuse to get that thing out on open waters and let rip. He hoped she wouldn’t return with some crazy short hair, but what could he do? He had no right to say anything. He wasn’t her boyfriend, just her boss, and as much as he invaded her life at times, he knew where the boundaries lay.

They met the car and driver he had waiting at the port and handed Emma his credit card. His no-nonsense glare shot down that immediate frown on her face and mouth pouting to verbalize a refusal. She knew his looks all too well and seemed to think better than pushing her luck on this front. He had warned her enough at work that he was financing this trip; if she argued about it, there would be hell to pay. He had been raised that way, and it wasn’t just about taking care of her. It was about his ego too. Emma slid it into her bag gracefully. She had used this card for ordering things for him at work, so