“It was my pleasure,” he said with a soft smile. Ignoring Celeste who was openly glaring at him now. Then lowering his voice, so that only me could hear, he added. “You know, if you’re ever looking for a part-time job, I could always use an extra pair of hands around here. And I promise, the pay’s not bad or if you just need someone to show you around town…” he winked.
“Jake!” Celeste glared even harder at him now but he seemed unfazed by her disapproval, if anything, the dimples on his chin deepened. “I’m warning you, this one is really off-limits,”.
We spent the next few minutes with the last processing the details of the car and whatnot. Then Celeste gave him the address to have the car delivered too. As we prepared to leave, I couldn’t help but steal one last glance at Jake. He caugh
