Hired by the Playboy by Penny Jordan

Author:Penny Jordan [Penny, Jordan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781488031991
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 1987-09-01T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

GEMMA’s first day in her new employment did not begin well. For a start, despite all her good intentions, she overslept, waking only when a steward came in with a tray of tea.

‘Mr O’Rourke said to tell you that if you sleep any longer it will only make the jet lag worse,’ he informed Gemma, grinning at her when she realised what time it was.

Ten o’clock in the morning! What on earth must Luke think of her?

She rushed through her tea and showered and dressed at speed. The steward had told her that Luke was in his own private office, and had given her instructions as to how to find it.

It was exactly ten forty-five when she knocked on the imposing polished door.

Luke opened it himself, his eyebrows lifting in patent surprise when he saw her standing there.

‘I’m sorry I overslept,’ she began to apologise, but he cut her off with a negative wave of his hand, frowning at her thoughtfully as he studied her pale face and worried eyes.

‘You can’t possibly have had time to have breakfast. My message to the steward wasn’t designed to have the effect on you that it evidently did. You mustn’t try to rush about here too much until you’re properly acclimatised, Gemma, and that will take several days.’

Several days! But he had brought her here to work, not to laze around like a holidaymaker.

When she said as much he laughed. ‘Oh, you won’t be wasting time. I’m going to give you the men’s files to read so that you can familiarise yourself with their names and occupations, and then, perhaps tomorrow, I’ll take you round the site. Today, though, you will rest and find your feet, and the first thing you’re going to do is to have a proper breakfast.’

It must be the change of climate that was making her so biddable, Gemma decided ten minutes later as another white-jacketed steward held out her seat for her in the private dining area in Luke’s quarters.

The dining area had sliding glass doors that were open to the tropical heat, and it overlooked the yacht’s pool and deck space.

The freshly squeezed tropical fruit juice and muesli cereal placed in front of her were too tempting for Gemma to resist, although she did refuse the offer of scrambled eggs and toast.

‘Heavens, if I eat like this all the time I’m here, I’ll grow enormous,’ she complained to Luke, as she accepted a second cup of coffee.

‘Make the most if it,’ he teased her warningly. ‘You’ll be working so hard later on that you’ll need your energy.’

From the deck of the yacht she could see the construction site, and hear the sounds of the heavy plant being used there. While they drank their coffee Luke produced a plan of what the complex would look like once it was completed, and the ambitious scope of it almost took Gemma’s breath away. It truly would be a holidaymakers’ paradise, once it was finished.

‘This afternoon I’ll show you the

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