Page 53 of Until He Confesses

“What did you shake your head for?” she asked, and I smiled, not surprised that this bothered her.

I didn’t respond at first. Actually, I didn’t plan to at all but seeing as she was now beside me, I couldn’t resist.

“Try to be more comfortable around me,” I told her. “You know me and even though things didn’t end the best way it could have between us, you should know that helping you out in such a little way is not a big deal for me.”

“Yeah, well it is for me,” she said.

I didn’t miss that there was a lot of underlying meaning to her words, yet I didn’t want to read too much into it so we both continued on in silence and watched the other boats.

“You sailed in from Naples this morning?” she asked, and I nodded.

Then she turned to me.

“Did I make you go out of your way?”

“Yes,” I replied, and she was slightly startled to hear my response. She turned to look at me and I watched her realizing that she wasn’t sure whether to believe me or not, so I explained.

“I was supposed to start from Procida, and then Ischia, Capri, Amalfi, then Positano.”

She looked at me then and I could see that she was now convinced.

“Oh,” she said but also seemed intrigued. “Where else after?” she asked. “Back to Naples?”

“No,” I replied. “Sorrento and then Naples.”

“Seven days?” she asked, and I nodded.

“Seven days.”

“Wow,” she said. “That sounds amazing, and then you fly on your jet back to New York?”

“You mean we fly?” I asked and she turned to me. “Are you staying behind?” I asked and she smiled.

“Not unless I want to get fired.”

"Exactly,” I said, and she continued staring out at the ocean.

“What were your plans for this trip?” I asked.

She lifted her arms and stretched, and my eyes couldn’t help but go to her breasts. She was wearing a white t-shirt, fitted to her slim body but the fullness of her breasts seemed even more provocative because they were completely covered. Then she had on loose jean shorts and white sneakers. She looked like a schoolgirl, but my libido thought anything but that.

This sight alone was enough to cause my dick to swell and I didn’t even try fighting it. She needed to see what she could do so easily to me.

“I just jumped at the idea when you harassed my company,” she said and I smiled.

“I didn’t harass them.”

“Well, whatever you did to get me here, I was excited about the trip. I was just going to use it to relax and see the village. It’s the Instagram capital of the world you know. So picturesque. And of course, the food. I can’t wait to try as much of their local food as I can aff-” she stopped then and I didn’t need to turn to see that she had realized just how broke she was.

I was amused.

“I’ll give you the money you need. You can reimburse me when we get back to New York.”

“Actually, no I can reimburse you online. I just need your account details and then you give me cash in exchange.”

“You already have my account details,” I pointed out and she nodded in realization.

“Yeah… right. Okay.”