Juicy Pickle: A Deserted Island with the Boss Romantic Comedy by JJ Knight

Author:JJ Knight [Knight, JJ]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-01-12T00:00:00+00:00

23

BAILEY

Ican’t sleep.

I watch Rhett’s silhouette in front of the fire. He’s outside the shed.

My pile of life jackets is way worse to sleep on than the towel.

Earlier I dreamed I was cuddled up to Rhett, safe and secure, then I woke up and realized he was gone.

My panic in that moment was second only to the moment in the storm when I curled in a ball in the hut. I thought I was alone then, too.

But in the woods, I saw him. Saw parts of him no assistant should see of her boss.

The swim trunks slung low, his flat belly ending in…

Yeah, don’t think about that.

But I am now. It seems like our fighting is spent. Rhett admits he acted too hastily. He was investigating the marketing issue before the cruise.

He’s not a bad person. But like I told him, he assumes he knows everything, that he’s infallible.

He’s learning he’s not.

I close my eyes and count to one hundred, hoping I can lose myself in sleep.

But I keep drifting to thoughts of Rhett. His laugh. The way he listened this time, brows drawn in concentration. And so much of him, bare and out there for me to see.

I’m back to that.

I give up on sleeping and roll away from the pile of jackets.

Rhett turns. “Can’t sleep?”

“Nope.”

I spread the second towel next to the first. “They’ll come tomorrow, right?”

“I would think so, unless nobody notices we’re gone until the cruise is over.”

“So that would be one more night, then however long it takes for them to get here.”

“Right. So the day after tomorrow, for sure.”

“If they have a boat close.”

“That, too.”

“Do you think we should prepare as if they’re never coming?” I dislike the tremble in my voice, but the question is a hard one.

“We could, I guess. Do you mean figure out a way to fish or catch small game or eat coconuts?”

“Sure. We already have shelter.”

“I wouldn’t worry too much. They’re going to know where we are. They know how to get here. It’s not like we got lost at sea or had a plane crash no one can track.”

His eyes watch me with a combination of compassion and concern that hit me deep down. Whatever we were before as a boss who drove me crazy and an assistant who disappointed him, we’re not that anymore. We’re two humans, cut off from the world, figuring out how to get by.

When I first worked for him, he was much more laid-back, more like he is now. I actually had quite a thing for him. This was how Viola and I became friends. We had a mutual obsession.

But within two weeks of working for him, everything changed.

Rhett got stiff and formal and found fault with everything I did. Frankly, his demands were ridiculous. Get this report in by noon, when it was impossible. Get the answer for this thing that would have been a challenge for someone with more experience and training.

I did my best to rise to the occasion. I endured.

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