Summer's Landing (A Loving Summer Standalone Novel Series): Loving Summer Spinoff (Loving Summer Series Book 9) by Kailin Gow

know we are all pretending to be a couple, for Drew’s sake.”
    “Right,”
everyone said.
    “And
since we’re all here in my quarters, including you, Rachel, let’s talk about
this secret mission Luis, Summer, and I are going on tomorrow morning. No one
else except Hector and Dr. Turk knows about it, especially at the compound.”
    “Why?”
Summer asked. “I thought you have a team preparing for it.”
    “That
team is Luis, Hector, Dr. Turk, and I,” I said. “Because when the cat is gone,
the mice will play. There is a spy amongst us at the compound we need to weed
out. Someone had planted a bomb to try to kill me and my guys at the warehouse.
Luckily, it was just me who got injured. So no one should know I am going out
of the country for a few days. I don’t want another incident to happen here,
especially while I’m away.”
    “How
could you mask your trip?” Rachel asked.
    “Easy,
I’m holed up in my quarters for the next few days with Summer, wanting complete
privacy. The guys could imagine what we would be doing that entire time. They
all know my history with Summer, and if they were in my shoes, they would want
the same.”
    Luis
grinned and nodded. It was something us men understood.
    “And
of course, Drew would be hearing all about that as well,” I said. “In the
meantime, Hector and Luis would be out on a small mission to check out one of
our servers location abroad. Routine checkup for one of our most high-security
clients’ servers.”
    “Sounds
like a plan,” Rachel said. “In the meantime, while you’re away, supposedly
shacked up in your love nest with Summer, I think I can get an hour or two away
from my production schedule to visit the compound. In my own ways, I will be
checking up on your guys too.”
    “It
could be dangerous, especially with a spy around,” I said. “I trust most of my
guys especially around my sister, but since the explosion, I have to be
careful.”
    “I’ll
be careful,” Rachel said. “I got you out of that hospital that one time, didn’t
I?”
    “Yes,”
I said, grateful I have such a bold and spunky sister who could hold her own
against anyone.
    “Great,
then count me in on this mission, too,” Rachel said. “I’m officially one of the
team, now.”
     

 
     
    Chapter 8
     
    Summer
     
     
    I thought meeting up with Drew for dinner as
half a couple with Nat would be awkward, but this was even worse.
    Rachel
and Luis met up with Nat and I as we entered the posh and expensive Empress
Golden Lotus Restaurant on the top floor of the Century Building in Century
City. Rachel wore a sapphire blue traditional Chinese qipao dress, with gold
and purple embroidery. Fitting tight among her curves, Rachel was stunning. The
blue of her dress brought out her sparkling blue eyes, and the purple of the
embroidered flowers on her dress brought out her hair.
    Luis
couldn’t keep his eyes off of her…and his hands, which I noticed Nat noticing
as well. Luis himself had cleaned up nicely.  His black hair matched Rachel’s,
which he had slicked back off his face. He was dressed in black slacks which
hugged his muscular legs and tight butt, and he wore a blue silk shirt buttoned
up to his neck, which was also tight around his arms and shoulders.
    Coloring-wise,
they matched like prom dates, but only more sophisticated.
    “You
guys looked like you coordinated your outfits,” I said to Rachel.
    “Well,
we’re supposed to be a couple, aren’t we?” Rachel said nervously. Being a
couple and looking like one wasn’t her thing.
    “You
dressed Luis?” I asked surprised.
    Rachel
hesitated and said, “I went over to his place after Nat’s, and Luis had me
worried he wouldn’t be able to pull off looking like the kind of guy I would
normally be seen with at film premieres and parties…you know, get photographed
with because I’m in the public eye all the time. So I went over to see what he
was going to wear.”
    “Take
charge, Rachel,” I said. “I know