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could use a fake honeymoon. I think we’ll send two of our team members over there after all. Give us time to have our people take a look. We’ll get back to you. In the meantime, can you send me all the financials Jonathan gave you? I can fax a nondisclosure over to you this afternoon,” Jack said.
    The men shared a few more drinks and caught up over the rest of their meal, but Jack was already scheming in the back of his mind. He’d watched Jennie and Chad dance around each other for almost a year now. Even though they seemed happy on the outside, he knew they were both missing something in their lives. If he and Andrew could give them the push they needed to finally see if there might be more between them than great chemistry, he’d do it. An undercover assignment as honeymooners for two weeks might be just the thing to push those two over the edge.

 
     

Chapter Four
    “What’s wrong, Jack? Getting too old for this?” Chad asked his cousin as Chad, Jack, and Andrew walked off the basketball court after three hours of pickup play.
    “You do seem to be limping a little there, Jack,” said Andrew, earning a scowl from Jack.
    “Shut it,” grumbled Jack.
    Jack lowered himself onto the bleachers beside the court. All three men pulled sweatshirts over sweat-slicked T-shirts and began exchanging sweaty socks and gym sneakers for dry socks and clean shoes for the ride home. Despite the fact that they could afford fancy club memberships, all three preferred the pickup games at the local high school gym. They were a lot more fun than the games at the fancy fitness center they’d tried years ago.
    “Grab lunch?” Chad asked.
    Jack and Andrew both shook their heads.
    “I can’t. I’m meeting Jill for lunch in an hour. I need to run home and shower,” Andrew said.
    “I promised Kelly I’d bring her chicken noodle soup from the Daily Grill. She’s been craving nothing but chicken noodle soup for a month now.” Kelly’s pregnancy had been uneventful, with the exception of the cravings that had plagued her – and consequently Jack – since early on.
    Jack laughed at Chad’s frown. “Hey, get yourself a wife and you won’t miss us so much.”
    “Funny.” Chad scowled as the men picked up their bags and started toward the exit.
    Jack and Andrew got quiet and Chad groaned inside. He knew what was coming.
    Can’t everyone drop the whole Jennie and Chad thing?
    He had barely managed to get the image of Jennie, in a T-shirt with no bra, out of his head for the last hour of the basketball game and now they had to put it front and center again without even mentioning her name. That sight had plagued him for two damn days and he wasn’t likely to get over it anytime soon.
    “Chad, you really need to see where this thing with Jennie might go. Have you even been on a date with anyone else since you met her?” Jack asked.
    They crossed the parking lot toward their cars, but it was clear Jack and Andrew were going to stay until he gave them an answer. Chad didn’t want to tell Jack the answer to that question and he didn’t want to have this conversation with Jack and Andrew again. As far as they knew, he didn’t want to date Jennie because he was her boss at Sutton Capital. And, that was part of it, but Chad hadn't told anyone the truth.
    He opened the door to his truck and threw his gym bag on the passenger seat before turning to face his two best friends. The parking lot was almost empty now and no one was within hearing distance of them.
    “Listen guys, I know you mean well, but it’s not gonna happen with me and Jennie. It’s not just the work thing.” Chad ran his hand over the back of his neck like he did when he was stressed.
    “What do you mean? I thought you didn’t want to date her because of work? What other reason could you have for staying away from a woman that you’re so clearly attracted to? Everyone knows the feeling’s mutual,” Andrew said, with a glance at Jack, who