signs. Disappointment at being excluded was one of them.
Still…Kara, his perfect assistant, putting the moves on him?
No. It didn’t make sense. They’d worked together an entire year without as much as a flirtatious glance. She was not putting the moves on him.
He pulled the hamburger from the refrigerator and began making patties.
She slid off her stool and walked beside him. “I can help.”
The light scent of her perfume mixed with the scent of the sea and wafted to him. He almost closed his eyes and inhaled again, deeper this time, to really enjoy it.
Damn it! There he went again!
She was not coming on to him. He was attracted to her. That was the real problem. His body liked hers.
But she was an employee and he was a good boss. He wouldn’t put her in an uncomfortable position. So it was wise— responsible, in fact—to exclude her from his beach excursions with his daughter. Actually, it would be smart to limit any private moments together until he got this unwanted attraction under control.
He subtly shifted away from her. “Why don’t you make these patties and I’ll start the grill?”
She laughed. “It’s gas. You don’t need to warm it up.”
“It also hasn’t been used for a few months. I should check it out to make sure it still works.”
He ducked out of the kitchen to the huge deck behind it. Five steps took him to a ground-level stone patio in front of the glistening pool and blessedly away from her.
***
Kara watched him through the big kitchen window. Like her, he hadn’t changed out of his swim trunks. He’d simply put a T-shirt over them. The sun sparkled off his black hair and brightened the red of his shirt. A shirt that hid perfect pecs and washboard abs. Abs she’d love to touch one day.
She picked up more hamburger meat to pat into a ball. Gabe had just run from her after cutting her out of going to the beach with his daughter. Putting the patty onto a plate, she sighed. Had he figured out she was coming on to him and bolted?
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