Page 49 of His Secret Virgin
He nodded. “A little, yeah. But Celeste won’t want to leave Emma here all alone for such a long time.”
“Convince her to.” I took another drink of my Scotch, feeling like I’d just cured cancer or something for coming up with this plan.
Not only would I get to spend the weekend with Emma, but I’d have her for nearly an entire week if I could pull this off. My nether regions were already getting excited, but I sternly cleared my mind of those thoughts, not wanting my friend to be aware of any of that.
Sebastien slapped his hand on my desk. “I’ll convince her! This is by far the coolest thing anyone has ever done for me, Christopher.”
“Hey, you’ve earned this, ol’ boy. I didn’t give you anything.” I got up and shook his hand. “You’ve just made this company millions, maybe even billions, Sebastien!”
“Yeah, I have, haven’t I?” He got up as well and started making his way to the office door. “I’m going to my office to call Celeste now and tell her the great news. And I’m sure Emma will be happy for us. Plus, you’ll be here to help her if anything happens, right?”
“I will.” I walked with him to the door then opened it. “She’ll be in good hands here. You two just go and have a great time. I’ll have Mrs. Kramer e-mail you the details about the trip, the flight, and everything else you’ll need.”
While Sebastien went to his office, I headed to my assistant’s office. Opening the door, I found Mrs. Kramer talking to Emma. “I need you to make some arrangements, Mrs. Kramer.” I nodded at Emma. “How are you doing today, Miss Hancock?”
“Just fine, sir.” Emma smiled as she ducked her head, looking shy.
“Good to hear.” I turned my attention to my assistant. “Have you checked your e-mail yet? I’ve just sent you something.”
“No, sir.” Mrs. Kramer looked at Emma. “Can you do that for me?”
Emma sat at the desk, pulling up the e-mail. I knew the moment she opened it, as she smiled knowingly. “Seems my father’s earned a nice bonus.” Emma turned the computer around for Mrs. Kramer to see.
“Oh, I need to get that done fairly quickly then.” Mrs. Kramer took the seat that Emma had vacated.
“And I want you to make Mr. Hancock and his wife reservations at one of the resorts in Bora Bora. Get them everything. The plane, the hotel, the whole thing. I want them to leave on Thursday, and they’ll be spending five nights there. Okay?”
“I’ll do it. I’ll e-mail everything to Mr. Hancock as soon as I get it all done, Mr. Taylor.” Mrs. Kramer got right to work as Emma stared at me with a shocked expression.
“Your father got the contract signed, Miss Hancock. He’s earned this reward,” I informed her. “We treat our people very well here.”
“You sure do,” she said quietly.
Knowing that Mrs. Kramer was unaware of everything but the task in front of her, I winked at Emma. “I’ll be leaving around three today. I’m going to need you to leave around then too. It seems one of our guests left something behind at the hotel in Concord, and it needs to be retrieved before they leave tomorrow morning. I’ll need you to get it, Miss Hancock. I’ll let your father know that you’ll be out of town for the night and that he’ll see you here tomorrow morning.”
“’Kay,” she said, still stunned. “I’ll leave at three to go to Concord.”
“Have a good trip,” I said before leaving. “Drive carefully.”
A couple of hours later, I wasn’t surprised at all when Emma strolled into our cabin with a grin that wouldn’t quit on her face. “So, am I to expect that you and I will be spending our nights here while my parents are away?”
“Not just the nights, Miss Hancock.” I pulled her into my arms then kissed her sweet lips before telling her the good news. “You’ve got the same days off that I gave your father. This Thursday all the way through to next Tuesday. Do you think you can stand spending that much time with me in our little love nest, baby?”
The way she wrapped her body around mine told me she thought she could handle that. “I must warn you, sexy, you’re spoiling me terribly.”
I can think of worse things.
