Page 12 of Trust

“How’s Hawai’i?”

“Hello to you too, Jensen.”

He heard a chuckle in the background and knew his sister-in-law was there. Jensen must have him on speaker.

“Hello, Jake,” Nicola said.

It struck him then that not many people called him Jake, and all of them who did were close to him. Well, except Lani.

Nope, Jakob, don’t be thinking about that woman.

“Why did you fall for my brother? He doesn’t deserve you.”

“I tell her that daily, but it is what it is,” Jensen said. “Did you meet the fiancée?

“Yeah. Going to dinner with them tonight.” He had gotten a text from Ben changing the time, claiming he had been wrong about the time of the reservation. Jakob told him he would text Lani the time to make sure that her brother knew she was coming. All he got was a thanks.

“What is she like?” Nicola asked, but something in her tone caught his attention.

“Why? Do you know her?”

“No, it’s just…I know you’re particular about social media. You don’t always broadcast your location unless it is on set or an awards show.”

“And?”

“You haven’t seen anything yet?”

“Nicola, just tell him,” Jensen said.

“Yes, Nic, tell me.”

He had a terrible feeling about what she was about to say.

“Royal took pictures of you sitting with Ben and posted them.”

“Oh. I thought it was worse.”

“Well…the caption is what bothered me.”

“What did it say?” He didn’t even know her SM handle.

“Hold on, let me bring it up. Here it is.Ladies, have you ever seen two more beautiful men? Lucky me, we’re going on a dinner date tonight. I’ll tell y’all about that later.”

“That’s weird phrasing, but don’t worry.”

“She’s making it sound like you’re in a polyamorous relationship.”

It was irritating, but nothing he wasn’t used to. Jakob was accustomed to people using him. Maybe he shouldn’t be, especially from his best friend’s soon-to-be wife. From an early age, he had learned that some people in the world would always see his family as a way to make money or get ahead.

“Don’t worry. I’ll let Amanda know about it, and she’ll handle any worries.” His assistant was excellent. She’d been in the business for over thirty years. “She hasn’t contacted me, so it must be okay.”

“I don’t like it.”

Nicola was territorial when it came to the Wulf Family. He was glad for it, but he also didn’t want to cause her any worry.“I’ll text Amanda and tell her to contact you if there are any issues.”

“Okay.”

And he knew then that Nic would text Amanda about it without being prompted.

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