Boss Me on the Beach by Beatrice Brae

Author:Beatrice Brae [Brae, Beatrice]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Brae Publishing
Published: 2020-06-06T16:00:00+00:00

7

TARA

I’m worried about his response. “You did this on purpose, Blake?” I ask. It’s the first time I’ve said his name.

“You forget, sweetness, that you are the one that rented the boat. I should accuse you of trying to seduce me,” he retorts.

I glare at him, my eyes burning into his, and fury almost chokes me. “Are you kidding me? You think that I owe you something?”

His eyes conveyed his fury, but his voice is calm. “Jesus, calm down. No, you don’t owe me anything!” he replies sharply.

“Good, because I wouldn’t sleep with you even if you were the last man on—”

“The last man on this island? Because, coincidently, I am,” he says, chuckling.

I give him a hostile glare. “Do you think I’m going to sleep with you just because we’re stuck here together? Never! Do you hear me?”

His gaze slides over my body, slowly and seductively, and my traitorous body aches for his touch.

“You will,” he says. “Not because I ask you to or because we’re stuck here together, but because you want to.”

I ignore the tingling in the pit of my stomach and my racing pulse. “You conveniently forget that I know what a man-whore you are. Aren’t you forgetting that I’ve been your assistant for the last four months? You can’t keep a woman in your life for more than two months, tops. You think I want to be your next victim?” I reply my voice cold and lashing.

Pensively, he looks away. “Yeah, I haven’t been myself these last few months. I was dealing with my own demons; I shouldn’t have been dating anyone. But I’m human, and I make mistakes. I called each of those women yesterday and profusely apologized.”

I wonder if he’s baiting me.

“They did nothing wrong. They’re perfectly fine young ladies. Their only flaw was that they weren’t you. Which is stupid when you think about it. We spent one hour together when we met. You were crying, and I comforted you. I was in a relationship for two years before I met you. We were planning to get married, but then she decided that her career was more important.”

I frown, not knowing if I should believe him.

“I shouldn’t have kissed you that night,” he says, and with a long sigh, he stands up.

That’s my cue to change the subject because I don’t want to talk about that night with him. The man I met that night doesn’t exist. I avoid eye contact, feigning interest in the beautiful landscape, my stomach fluttering and my mind racing.

I look at him from the corner of my eye and see that his expression has turned blank.

“Oh my God, my parents will be sick with worry. And Liz and Lisa and your cousin Jake.”

“I know. I’ll get you out of here, I promise. Get up, Tara. We need to walk to the other side of the island. There’s a house there. We can spend the night and then see what we can do about getting back to Pole Island tomorrow.

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