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“Oh.” She looked at Seth and blinked a few times, trying to look innocent. “Youdidtell your mother about the party at Mrs. Lee’s house, right?”
“No, he did not.” That tone told her she had just gotten him in trouble with his mother. It made her smile.
“I was going to tell you once you got in. See how you felt.”
“Well, it’s tomorrow night, and her fried rice is to die for. Plus, Drew’s family—he’s another member of Team Alpha—is catering a lot of it along with the aunties.”
“Sounds like a great time,” his father said.
“Well, we’ll see you there.”
As they headed out the door, Sam asked, “How long have you and that Harrington been dating?”
“I’m not dating him.”
“He definitely wants to date her,” Ian offered.
“He does not.” And again, she was sounding defensive.
“I told you he was checking you out.”
“That doesn’t mean he wants to date me.”
“What the hell does it mean?” Sam asked.
“He probably just wants to bang me.”
Her father sighed. “I really regret telling both of you to speak freely when you were in your teens.”
Life was good—at least for the moment. And she had learned that living in the moment was more important than anything else.
Seth took the ramp that led to H-1 and knew it was just a matter of time before his mother said something. They were staying in Honolulu while they waited for their household goods to arrive. Still, he knew the quick twenty-minute drive to their rented condo wouldn’t be fast enough to outrun his mother.
“Autumn seems interesting.”
His father chuckled from the back seat, but Seth knew he would be no help. He might be a retired admiral, but he knew better than to tangle with his wife.
“She is.”
“From how you talked about her, I thought she was kind of tomboyish.”
He knew where she was going with this. “Is that a term you should use now? I don’t think it is.”
“What I meant was that you talked about the way she fought and that she had a great record with drug busts. You didn’t say anything about her being stunning.”
“It’s the first time I’ve ever seen her in a dress.”
“Oh. Then you didn’t know she was so pretty?”
He rolled his eyes. “Of course, I knew she was pretty.”
“So you think she’s attractive.” Not a question, and he knew that his mother had backed him into a corner. He knew his father wasn’t the only admiral with a healthy respect for his mother. Seth had to go on the offensive, or his mother would start meddling. She wasn’t the typical mom who would just urge him to date. No, his mother had the type of contacts that would have an entire background check on someone within an hour.
“Anyone with eyes can see she’s attractive.”
There, that should work. The only thing that worried Seth was the chuckle from his father in the back seat.
“Indeed. That was her father and brother?”
