“Oh,


    I guess! If you must, you must!” he said.


    “Huh?”


    ir couldn’t make head or tail of what he said. But she soon knew what he meant. Within two


    minutes, the soldiers all swarmed in like buzzing bees.


    “Whoa, small world! Fancy meeting you here, Chief!” one soldier uttered.


    “No wonder Chief turned us down. He’s on a date,” a second teased.


    “Chief, why don’t you introduce us?” a thirdined.


    Then he turned to ir and introduced himself, “Hi, I’m—” Before he could finish, another soldier


    nudged him aside and said to ir, “Hi, we’ve met before. I was one of the instructors at your


    university. The military training?”


    Their enthusiasm overwhelmed ir. She swallowed her food quickly to greet them.


    “I’m actually not Wesley’s girlfriend. I bought him dinner to thank him for helping me,” she exined.


    But the soldiers looked at each other and snickered, as if ir were joking. They didn’t buy it at all.


    Even Talbot didn’t believe her. Nor Bowman.


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    “Now ir, don’t be shy,”


    Talbot said.


    “Chief, can we join you?”


    Wesley didn’t reply. He put the peeled shrimp on ir’s te and wiped his hands. The soldiers


    widened their eyes in surprise and started talking quietly about it among themselves.


    “I never knew Chief could be so thoughtful. When we ate shrimp, we just ate the shells, too.”


    ir heard them, not sure what to say.


    Just then, Wesley called the waiter over.


    “We’d Like a private booth.


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    Do you have any?”


    The waiter nodded.


    “Yes, sir. We have one left. This way, please.”


    The soldiers were thrilled to eat with Wesley and ir. It was a treat to eat with their boss, but with a


    beautiful Lady too? Bowman was eager to help.


    “Let’s move Chief’s dishes there,” he prompted.