Chapter 21

They managed to get out of the restaurant without Ethan noticing Nikkita, and she sighed in relief. As they were strolling along the streets toward the hotel, they were chatting and laughing at the silly situation Nikkita was in, which of course, she didn’t appreciate.

Soriya was, as usual, being her baby self and came to hook her arm around Chan’s. “Chan, can I have one of your scented candles Nikki gave you?”

Chan laughed. “No, you may not.”

“But why not?” She looked pleadingly at Chan with a puppy dog face. “Please?” She rested her head on her sister’s shoulder.

Chan laughed. “All right.”

“You’re spoiling her,” Dara said.

Soriya poked out her tongue at her sister.

“I can’t believe that was your boss, Nikki,” Ruby said. “I would have thought you’d be all over him, being you.”

Actually, Nikki thought, Ruby’s right.

She had been all over him, what with him being such a hunk and all, and most importantly, an Asian. It was her dream to date and wed an Asian hunk. But then the damn man h