Greek Boss, Dream Proposal by Barbara McMahon

Author:Barbara McMahon [McMahon, Barbara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Cooks, Yachting, Contemporary, Women cooks, General, Romance, Fiction
ISBN: 9780373176038
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2009-08-10T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

SARA didn’t see Nikos the rest of Tuesday. She took one of her books to the aft deck, pulled over one of the chaises and dried it off to sit in the fresh air and read. When the wind shifted, she felt the drizzle and gave up and went below. She could have joined the men in the salon, free for their use while on the island. But she didn’t relish the card game they were playing and couldn’t concentrate on her book with the noise of their conversation.

Not that she was exactly engrossed in the story. She kept wondering when Nikos was coming back.

Sara fell asleep in her cabin with the book across her chest. Sometime later she woke when there was a knock on her door.

She jumped up and tried to become fully awake. Opening the door, she saw Stefano.

“We’re going up to the house for dinner now. Want to walk up with us?”

“Yes. Just let me run a brush through my hair.”

“We’ll wait at the gangway,” he said, turning away.

The rain had stopped, but every shrub and tree between the dock and the house dripped. The late-afternoon sun shone beneath the lingering clouds, making the drops of water sparkle like jewels.

“Tomorrow should be a good day,” the captain said on the walk. “You can go swimming if you like.”

“I would like. The cabin is a bit small for being stuck inside all day,” she said.

He laughed. “You should have come to the salon.”

“I had a book to read.”

“Stefano said you were napping. The book not compelling enough?”

“Guess not,” she replied, smiling up at the older man. “But if I am ever troubled with insomnia, I’ll know what to read.”

Dinner was quite festive with the boat crew greeting staff members of the house like old friends. Sara was the odd person out but was quickly introduced to the others.

When the captain complimented her to the chef on her desserts, the chef’s eyes took on a speculative gleam.

“Perhaps you could spare some time to work with me while you are here.”

“I’d be very delighted,” she said. It would fill the days, which now seemed to stretch out endlessly. Nikos would make a difference—if he had time for her. In the meantime, she’d never been so conscious of their situation as now, when he was upstairs with the person she had come to Greece to see, and she was so close but still a floor away with no clear-cut way to meet Eleani.

Soon after the meal ended, Sara returned to the yacht. She watched the house for a while, the lights shining like a beacon on the hilltop. She couldn’t hear any sounds, but could imagine the talk and laughter. For the first time, she felt like an outsider. Eleani was her grandmother just like Spiros was Nikos’s grandfather. She had as much right to be there as he did. Yet no one knew that, and she doubted she’d be welcomed once the facts were revealed.

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