Page 19 of Faith

“I love you, too,” Jeff said.

“State your business or I’ll hang up.”

“I have to go back to the mainland, so I was wondering if we could meet up next weekend.”

“I think I can find the time for lunch, especially if you’re buying.”

“Always the mercenary. Okay. We’ll be there late Saturday. How about we do lunch on Sunday?”

“That sounds brilliant.”

“Watch yourself, cowgirl. You’re starting to sound British.”

“Oh, bite me. So, next Sunday, around one?”

“Sounds good. Text me a place to eat and I’ll meet you there.”

“Bye.”

When she clicked off her phone, she set it down again and looked up to find Jensen studying her.

“What?”

“Who was that?”

She wasn’t accustomed to Jensen being so nosey about her personal life. He usually went on his way, doing whatever, and left her alone. Lately, though, he had become interested in whatever she was doing. It was a bit unnerving.

“Jeff.”

“The bloke with the reality show?”

She nodded. “We were on the circuit at the same time. He was singles.”

“Ah. And he just called you out of the blue?”

“Why are you so interested in this?”

He gave her one of those shrugs that irritated her. But she would not fall for it. She wasn't going to get into another argument with him before he left the island.

“Just am. I thought it odd that you're hooking up with him and you're in Hawaii.”

“He and Ben are on Maui right now. They wanted to see me, but they have to make a trip back to the mainland for a bit, so we’ll be meeting up next weekend.”

He nodded but made no comment. Dammit. How did he do that? He could garner information from her even when she knew that was what he was doing.

“So, do you want to go over this family? I know that you like to have a background of everyone you're going to be dealing with.”

“Sounds like a good plan.”

Inwardly she sighed with relief. With a plan in place, she pulled up the information she had and started at the top of the family.

“First you have Robert. He's the patriarch and raised most of the people working in the leadership positions in the company.”

“So, a bit like ours. A family business.”

“Yes. And they are a tightknit family.”

“I know that's why Mother liked them. They take care of their employees.”

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