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“Which won’t end until he’s a hundred years old,” Dez said. “Is he prepared to spend a mortgage on a ring? There are nice rings that aren’t in the six-figure range. Places like Verragio, Tiffany’s, and Blue Nile have nice rings that might only set him back four or five figures. Maybe explain to him that Giorgio doesn’t have normal tastes. Remember, we stayed in a castle when we were in Austria.”
“I’d like to at least talk to the guy. See what the options are.”
Mike folded his arms over his chest. “Well, what do you want the ring to look like? I can ask Xar to design something.”
He’d thought of that, but he didn’t know how to ask her to design this particular ring without including the one Ayesha already wore.
“Let me get back to you.”
Gage headed over, removing his hand wraps.
“Hey, Wolfe,” Julien called. “Joel wants to buy an engagement ring for his sister.”
Gage frowned. “A what for your who, mate?”
“It’s not…” Joel dragged his fingers through his hair. “Can you guys not say it that way? It’s her boyfriend who asked me about Giorgio’s jeweler.”
“Steer him in a different direction,” Gage suggested. “And when did your sister start dating again?”
“A while ago. I just never mentioned it.”
Gage started on his second wrap. “When does he need it by?”
They all went silent.
Son of a bitch.
Joel looked around the room.
They’d bet on how long it would take for him and Ayesha to get hitched. Civilian life must have genuinely been driving them stir-crazy.
“He didn’t say.”
“Two days, we will go,” Giorgio said.
Maybe he could ask Xara to draw something and swear her to secrecy. Mike was the gossip in that relationship anyhow.
“Mike? Think Xara could help me that quickly?”
“Help you or your future brother-in-law?” Mike asked.
“Helping me is helping him.”
Dez counted something on his fingers. “You said you and Eesh are going back to D.C. to finalize your condo sale? That’s soon, isn’t it? And can’t you do that virtually? Plus, why’s she going with you but not the boys?”
“Little Theo and Josiah will be with me,” Giorgio said. “I am strongest, so Little Theo will feel most safe.”
They groaned.
Dez pointed at Julien. “Hunter, what’s the waiting period for marriage licenses in D.C.?”
Julien manifested a small tablet-looking device out of thin air. “Oh, would you look at that? No waiting period.”
Gage cleared his throat. “All right, all right. Leave the bloke alone. He and Ayesha are merely two ships passing through the night, docking at the same harbor—repeatedly.”
Mike tried to hide a laugh with his fist.
Julien raised a finger. “Oh, yeah. Back in Fiji, I think our place had a ghost. Me and Ari heard it late one night, roaming the halls. The noise stopped outside Joel’s room, and then we heard his door open and close. We were so disturbed that we went to see if we could spot it, and after it went into Joel’s room, it must have climbed into bed with him because we heard the bed creak.”
