Pete lay on the sun lounge by the swimming pool looking around at the people who were swimming while trying to imagine Kathleen sitting beside him.
He wondered if she would ever be bold enough to wear a bikini and chuckled at the thought. She was just too decent to do something like that. Ladies like her could only wear shorts and a singlet to swim.
Going to his family house that morning before his trip had been to have a brief meeting with his father to discuss some of the business proposals he had told him were going to be discussed at the conference and to put him in the know about what was expected of him.
"I've been told you're quite popular among the ladies in the office," his father said with a chuckle after they had concluded the business discussion.
"I had no idea you still have time to gossip with your employees. Since you're that strong, why not return to work?" Pete had asked dryly.