Emily: Sex and Sensibility (The Wilde Sisters 1)
“A limo for every city?” she said, her tone sweet to the point of nausea.
Marco settled into the leather seat beside her, picked up a slim leather case and opened it.
“No,” he said, “only when I don’t drive myself.”
She looked at him. “Very amusing.”
“Since it obviously bothers you—”
“Why would it bother me?”
“Since it does, and since you’ll be the one dealing with the expenses for the automobiles I own and rent, I will explain.”
“You don’t owe me an explanation. You’re the boss.”
Marco looked at her. “Yes. I am,” he said pleasantly. “And, as such, I see a need for larger cars on occasion. Tonight, for instance.”
“What about tonight?”
“We are having dinner with a CEO and his wife. I doubt the four of us would fit comfortably in a Porsche or a Lamborghini, which are normally my vehicles of choice. And just to put you at ease about the Mercedes, I drive a Ferrari when I’m home.”
“Home.”
“Yes. When I am in New York. Satisfied?”
“No.”
“Dio! What now?”
“You said ‘we.’ When you talked about tonight. What does that mean?”
“How easily you forget, Ms. Madison. You are my assistant. Of course, I said ‘we.’”
Emily’s thoughts flew to the clothes in the suitcase Charles had loaded into the Bentley. She went through them all. Went through them again.
Somehow, she doubted that her best black suit, fraying a little at the cuffs, would do for a Bentley, a Frenchman and his French wife.
“I have nothing to wear,” she said, and winced at how clichéd that sounded. “What I mean is—”
“I know what you mean. That clothing allowance.”
“Yes. And obviously, I haven’t had time to—”
“To shop.” Marco opened the leather case. “That’s all taken care of.”
“Taken care of how?” Emily leaned over. “Is that an iPad?”
“It is your iPad. I’m just making sure that everything you need has been loaded onto it… Good. Excellent. There are notes about Monsieur Rogan and his wife here, in this file. Be sure and look at it after you dress.”
He closed the iPad case and handed it to her. She put it in her lap.
“After I dress in what? I just told you, I haven’t shopped.”
“And I told you that is taken care of.”
“How?”
“You’ll find a couple of suitable outfits in our suite.”