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 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 was going to be discussed at the conference, and to put him in the know as to what was expected of him.
"I've been told you're quite popular among the ladies in the office." His father had said with a chuckle after they were done with the business discussion.
"I had no idea you still find the time to gossip with your employees. Since you're that strong, why not return to work?" Pete had asked dryly.
