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Chapter 9

Jackson holds Evely's hand to comfort her in the dark. She comments on how his side profile is pretty good-looking and more good-looking than his actual face. He was amused by this, and by the fact that she doesn't feel any sort of apecial emotion looking at shooting stars at night with a man by her side...

He drives behind her down the mountain while she rides her motorcycle down. His next stop is to the night market to meet up with a consultant who is supposed to help him out with planning for the Italian embassy dinner. That consultant turns out to be Amelia, whose friend was supposed to be the one to show up, but let Amelia switches places with them.

They're strolling through the market when Jackson spots Evely and Noah working together. He excuses himself from Amelia to go talk to Evely. He grabs her wrist so they can go elsewhere to chat, but Noah stops him, offended by how Jackson drags Evely around like they're in an idol drama...