Luke followed Noah and the woman who was laughing at whatever Noah was saying as they walked to the changing room of the store.

"Who was it?"

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Luke flinched. He was startled by Christine suddenly talking behind him.

"Uhm, someone I know." he turned around to walk away before Noah could spot him but the two girls became interested in Noah.

"He looks hot. You should talk to her. The girl next to him wasn't really pretty. You have a chance."

"Totally. You should go say hi." Sarah pulled his elbow before he could step away. "We can come with you. We can make it casual."

"Hmm-mmm," Christine nodded in agreement. "Come on, he looks pretty hot. I want to introduce myself," she urged Luke to go talk to Noah.

He doesn't know if he should laugh or what. It seemed like Noah had a certain charm that's deadly to Zimmerman's sisters. The two girls didn't take their eyes off Noah. Shopping was forgotten to gawk at Noah that was still talking to the girl with long wavy hair that reached the small of her back.

The girls said the woman next to Noah wasn't pretty but he begs to differ. The woman standing next to Noah has a certain charm and the fact that Noah was laughing openly at the woman was not a good indication. Not to mention that they were here shopping.

They had a store attendant with them who was showing them different clothes while Noah and the girl stood too close to each other talking about their clothing choices. Luke could not believe that Noah was so keen on shopping.

With respect to Noah as his boss, he stopped himself from snapping a photo. And even though he didn't like what he was seeing, he's not the type of person to jump to a conclusion even when the current situation was screaming a red flag.

"Let's go, girls." He walked further away. He has seen enough and doesn't want to intrude on Noah's private time.

He grabbed the clothes Sarah and Christine chose and brought them to the counter. He paid them without saying anything to the two girls who were still stealing glances at Noah and the girl with him.

"Come on," Christine pursed her lips. "Why won't you say hi to the guy?"

"Listen, Christine. I know that man's girlfriend and she's the jealous type. I don't think she would appreciate me approaching them to say hi."

"How lame," Sarah rolled her eyes. "Girls who were jealous over another girl were lame and so pathetic."

Luke suddenly laughed at what Sarah said. He wondered how Jess would react if he told her that her younger sister called her lame and pathetic.

"Yeah, what's wrong with saying hi," Christine was truly disheartened that she couldn't introduce herself to Noah.

If Noah wasn't with another girl and Jess wasn't outside of the country and he wasn't with Jess's sisters, he wouldn't mind approaching Noah.

What is the next store?" That was all Luke said to make the girls forget about Noah. Shopping became their top priority again. Noah was forgotten.

Before they left the store, Luke discreetly looked in Noah's direction but he couldn't see him well. He was standing behind the clothing racks. What Luke saw was the girl he was with, covering her mouth, giggling.

The next store the girls chose was a jewelry store. Luke took an armchair and waited for the girls as they listened to the artisan, explaining every piece of jewelry that the girls found attractive.

While they were choosing between bangles and tennis bracelets, Luke was thinking of the girl Noah was with and how he could tell Jess about it without sounding like he was putting malice on what he saw.

If Jess is here, he wouldn't mind teasing Jess that Noah was cheating on her. But she was far away, and a misunderstanding when there was a thousand distance between you and your partner sucks. He had an LDR relationship before. The misunderstanding was something he didn't want to deal with in LDR.

Besides, he doesn't think Noah would cheat on Jess—or he hopes he doesn't.

The thought of Noah shopping with a girl was on Luke's mind the rest of the day. The cheerful bubbling and friendly bickering of Sarah and Christine didn't make him forget the image of Noah laughing rather happily with another girl.

The joy of shopping with a black credit card easily wore off. It wasn't as fun as he thought it would be. The thrill of shopping wasn't there. It is basically just grabbing whatever and then pay for them.

The joy of finding a good deal, keeping within the budget, and the regret of buying something you can barely afford was gone with a black credit card. When you can basically buy everything, shopping doesn't feel as much fun for him.

But for the sisters, it was a different idea. They were all over the store. Jumping from one store to the next. Pointing at everything they like and they will get it.

The chauffeur that the girls hired for this shopping adventure already brought enough shopping back to fill Jess's SUV. He wondered if there would be space for them in the car with the amount of shopping the girls did.

He could imagine how the car would be filled with shopping bags and they don't have space for passengers in the car.

And the girls haven't shown any indication of slowing down. Luke glanced at the girls who finally decided to get both the famous Cartier bangles and the tennis bracelet they wanted. The bracelets will be delivered to their hotel because they had them personalized.

Luke whipped out the card to pay for the girl's latest purchases. He wasn't surprised that the girls got both things in the end, because if you can have both why choose one.

He grinned to himself despite the anxiety bubbling at the back of his mind with what he saw at the last store.