I blushed and looked back at the sunset.
Julian began to tell me about the uproar I had caused. Poor Brienna was beside herself to find I had gone and called Julian immediately. Julian spoke of how he upped and left the meeting without even apologizing and ordered every employee on the island to search for me. I could imagine how he ordered everyone about too. Probably like a rabid animal. It wasn’t until one of his security details called Julian on his day off saying he thought he saw me asleep on the sand that Julian had found me.
I certainly had caused a riot today.
Eventually, Julian and I dusted the sand off ourselves, the nip in the air now too cold for a still damp swimsuit, and began walking to the car still waiting for us.
Julian slipped his suit jacket over my shoulders and t
