Page 93 of His Secret Gift

He then shakes his head. “I’ve never heard you talk about a cactus in my life.”

“Well, now you have,” Kayla concludes.

I give her a grateful glance, and she nods.

“Anyway. Kay, you have to come up to Gwen’s room. We’re having one last rager before we have to get back to work. Um—Listen, Jack…”

I raise my hands. “No, no. I get it. You don’t want the big boss man encroaching on your fun.”

“It’s not that you aren’t fun. I just—”

I reach up and shake one of his shoulders. “I get it. Have fun. But not too much. We need to be on that train at six o’clock tomorrow.”

Denver winks at me. “You got it.” His attention then turns back to her. “Hey! Cool hat!” He grabs it from behind her back and places it on his own head.

Then, as he leads Kayla away, she looks back at me and mouths, “Sorry.”

I just wave. As much as I wish our night could continue, I can’t deny that she’s a part of the crew, and sometimes that means having to do things with my other employees. Even if the particular event would only be “brought down” by my presence. I’m truly not offended by that, and I understand. In general, most people can’t be as uninhibited as they could be without their boss watching them.

When she’s a tiny blob and then eventually disappears from my sight, I head back into the apartment I’m sharing with Bryant and Jenkins.

However, before I even step through the threshold of the door, I hear moaning and gasping.

“What the fuck, Jenkins?” I ask when I find him having sex with someone who most definitely is not his wife.I was afraid this was going to happen.

“Sir.” His face goes flush, and the woman, after getting up off his lap, scurries to get clothed and then brushes past me.

He covers himself with a nearby pillow.

“Jack—”

I meet him with the palm of my hand. “You don’t have any explaining to do to me. Save your energy up for your wife.”

Even though the writing was on the wall, I still hoped he was more of a respectable man than this.

I turn my back to him and simply ask, “Where is Bryant?”

“The hotel bar.”

Then that’s where I’ll be.

I go to walk out the door, but before I leave, I say, “After this trip, you’re fired Jenkins.”

“Sir—”

With that, I slam the door.I don’t want anyone like that around me.

“Well, Jenkins is fired,” I announce after plopping down next to Wesley.

“What? Jack…”

“You heard me correctly. He’s done after this trip.”

“You can’t be serious. He’s the best engineer—”

“I don’t care. I just walked in on him having sex with another woman.”

Bryant grunts. “What he does in his private life isn’t any of our concern.”

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