Page 33 of Faith

“You’re such a prat.”

“I wear that name with a badge of honor.”

He couldn’t respond to her hit because they had arrived at the table. Serenity stepped around Mick and Adam to give her a hug, then surprised Jensen with a big hug too. She could tell because his eyes widened slightly.

“I am so happy to see both of you again,” she said.

Both men then hugged Nic and gave her a kiss on the cheek. When she stepped over to her chair, she noticed Jensen gave them both handshakes but didn’t smile.

“You’re going over to Maui?” Serenity asked once they were all seated.

“No, I’m not. Jensen is going. I thought maybe we could do a pamper day while he’s gone. Sort of a present from me for the baby.”

“That sounds fantastic.”

“I still don’t understand why you aren’t going,” Jensen said. His voice was light, but she detected his irritation. She was sure no one else would, but she knew him well enough.

“Because you don’t need me, and I have a meeting with Fukasawa. He’s very influential on Maui, so I’m doing some prelim work. Besides, I don’t want to talk work here.”

She knew he wasn’t happy about it, but he just had to deal with it. She wanted a fun night out with friends. She didn’t get many of those, as she felt she worked 24/7 for the Wulfs.

“Serenity is the one who brought up the trip to Maui.”

“She was trying to pretend that she likes you.”

“Hey, I do like Jensen,” Serenity said.

“Sure you do,” Nicola said with a chuckle.

“Either way, I know you would like Nicola to be there, but this way, I get to see a little more of her. Plus, I get to try out that wonderful pool of yours.”

“You can use it any time you want, even if we aren’t on the island,” Jensen said.

She slid him a look to see if he was just saying that to get on Serenity’s good side. It would be exactly like him to be extra sweet to Serenity so she might side with him on some of their arguments. Jensen could be the most manipulative person to get what he wanted, even if it was to win a petty fight.

“That’s okay. I already told her she could do that.”

He opened his mouth to argue, but thankfully, Adam cut in.

“I understand you had Dillon handle the security on that home?” Adam asked.

“Yes. I was impressed with his services. If we get this upcoming deal off the ground, I might have him handle the security systems at the resort as well. Security is one of the things I think it’s lacking. They haven’t upgraded in over five years from what I can tell. That’s not good,” Jensen remarked. “Do you two handle things like that?”

Mick shook his head. “We handle private security. We can handle tech stuff once it is installed, but neither of us are good with installation.”

Serenity snorted. “Yeah, I changed their PC out for a Mac. They are still lost, and that was three months ago.”

“We don’t work on the computer like you do,” Adam said.

She opened her mouth to respond, but the waiter returned to take their drink orders. Once again alone, Nicola decided to push baby talk.

“Do you have an exact due date?”

“March fifth is what they are saying.”

“That seems so far away.” She looked at Jensen. “You know you’re going to have to deal without me in and around March fifth.”

“We can handle stuff,” Adam said.

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