I can tell he’s not taking her situation seriously. She needs to sell her home as quickly as possible and time is running out-thanks Hong‘s endles...s stream of procrastination.He walks towards me with that boyish grin than always manages to melt my heart. His lanky, 6’2” frame towers over me by a foot. His black hair, fair skin and small eyes have captivated me from the first time I met him. I was honored when he chose me as his assistant and even though he confessed to me that he was. Reaching into the cooler, Luke pulled out a pimento cheese andsummer sausage sandwich. Jacob craked an old style.The chill in the air caused some goosebumps to form on Jacob, the oneson Luke may have been from a different cause."Where are we headed, Jacob? And you could have warned me. What if I hadjumped in the drink? You fucking bastard."Indeed, swimming with alligators is one thing, but entering water thatthey were just enticed to join is very different."You'll see soon enough. This place is. " Let's see what it is," Doug eagerly suggested, taking the package from his sister's hand and shaking it."No way, Doug," Lara said as she pulled the package back. "The last time you opened one of Dad's packages it wound up in a hundred pieces. That bowl had survived five hundred years in a tomb, but not five minutes with you. Whatever this is, it can wait until the end of the month when Mom and Dad get back from Central America." Come on, one little accident, it could've happened to anyone,". If it was flirting, it wasn't a serious attempt, and it occurred to me that maybe he just flirted with all eligible noblewomen like that. I made a conscious effort to dial it back a bit. I didn't need Theron jealous or any more reasons to be embarrassed among my companions. Or any guilt later, in case he was serious, about misleading Teagan when I knew damn well I wasn't ever going to be any nobleman's wife.I was unfailingly positive that we would be fine through the night, and my optimism.