'Please, let me get these...'
'No, no, it's okay - it's on my tab' said Jessie with a touch of self-importance.
Eve looked at him and whispered loudly, 'She's the boss - controls the funds - I just type up the accounts and then Jessie signs them off...don't you boss?' she asked, now looking at her. She knew this would go down well with Jessie and pump her up a little. Jessie responded with a sweet-sour smile.
Pleasant conversation followed and they would have stayed for a longer lunch, but Jessie recognised that she had a game to play...
'Come on Jessie,' she said to Eve, 'Time to get back to the grindstone, we have work to do.' This was well over-played and too obvious to Eve, but all Jessie wanted was to demonstrate who was in charge to 's*x-on-legs'. So, on amiable terms they parted
