Chapter 66 - 66: It’s Not Easy To Pin My Boss Down

Katherine was a professional tour guide. As she spoke, she led the tourists through the gate toward the main hall and made sure no one got left behind.

As they were making their way, an elderly couple suddenly said that they could not walk any further and that they wanted to sit down and have a rest.

Katherine walked over, "Oh dear, we've only been walking for about ten minutes. Could you try for a little longer? The front is fascinating."

The old lady smiled bitterly, "We are old and not as strong as the young. My husband… He is weak. The doctor had advised him to stay in the hospital, but he felt that if he didn't travel now, he might not have another chance in his lifetime."

Sophia noticed that the old man's face was ashen and waxy. It was clear he was very ill.

"Let's give them a rest. The old man is really out of strength." Sophia told Katherine.

Katherine nodded, "All right. You can have a rest here. Don't go far away. If there is anything, just call me. We will pick you up when we come back."

She asked for two chairs from the staff and sat the couple down. Then, she asked the staff to help take care of them before the group moved on.

Then, the group moved onto one of the wings of the house. There were several separate wings. Katherine said this was where the general's wife had spent most of her time.

There were lots of tourists on that day. People were everywhere. The weather was hot. They had visited several different parts of the house and were all feeling tired. Katherine let them have a break for ten minutes, and then they would reassemble for the next part of the trip.

"Dave, go get some cold drinks and ice cream!" Carol told Dave, "I want a chocolate one."

Sophia said, "Don't bully your classmate!"

Dave smiled, "It's all right, Boss. I'd like to go!"

He went off to the snack booth just ahead of them.

He returned quickly with a large bag of cold drinks and various kinds of ice cream and shared them with the others.

"You like chocolate too?" Carol asked, casually seeing him eating the same flavor as her.

Dave nodded, "Yeah, it's delicious."

Carol was about to continue chatting when she saw Ryan Sampson waving to her from not too far away.

She looked around and saw that Sophia was talking about something with Kevin. Albert Pearson was looking down at his phone. So she quietly bypassed the crowd and went to Sampson as privately as possible.

Sampson took her to a corner out of sight and said in a hurry, "How come there's nothing going on between them? I'm so worried. Sophia's always talking to Kevin, they're not, are they?"

"No! Definitely not! Boss sees him as a kid. But you know, Barry is a bit weird today. He keeps staring at her. I think he might be after her."

"Oh yeah?"

"I don't like Barry. He's arrogant, he doesn't seem able to distinguish right from wrong, and he used to want to fight with the Boss! He's nowhere near as nice and polite as Mr. Pearson, and nowhere near as hot."

"And let's face it. That's the strangest reason!"

This was Carol's first undercover job, and she was a little nervous. She looked around, making sure no one had noticed her, and asked, "I've wanted to ask you, why are you targeting my Boss? With Mr. Pearson's background, there must be a bunch of beautiful women who want to be with him. And he doesn't seem to have that much interest in her. Why do you want to set them up? It's not easy to pin my Boss down!"

Ryan sighed, "The problem is Mr. Pearson seems indifferent to all women. At least he actually talks to Miss Green."

"Oh? My Boss is completely bewitching!"

She thought for a while and suddenly said, "By the way, are you going back tomorrow? Our bus has the absolute number of seats for you and Mr. Pearson to join us. If you figure out a way to get Mr. Pearson and Boss to sit next to each other, they'll be together on the road for five hours."

Ryan's eyes lit up, "That's a great idea! I'll make up an excuse like I'm car sick or something to get Sophia to switch seats with me. She's so kind, and she'll certainly agree!"

After discussing the strategy, they came out of their hiding place like thieves.

Carol waited for a little while after Ryan had left. She walked slowly to the spot where her group had gathered. Suddenly, she heard a woman screaming, "Watch yourself! Oh, you got my dress dirty!"

Then she heard the voice of a boy apologizing, "I'm so sorry… I didn't mean to!"

She looked in that direction and saw that Dave was apologizing to a young woman, with a chocolate ice cream in his hand. He had walked without looking where he was going and had got ice cream on the woman's clothes.

"You have to pay for this! This is Aphrodite. I can't wear it like this! Pay me now!" The woman was furious.

Next to the woman stood a burly man with a proud look on his face, "You better have enough money on you, kid."

As he spoke, he reached out to push Dave Malone.

Carol trotted up, pushed the man away, and snarled, "What are you doing? Are you trying to bully him, big man? "

The man had been taken aback. He didn't expect to be pushed away by a girl. He scowled and said to Dave, "You got my girlfriend's dress dirty. You have to pay! It's only fair."

"Fine. How much?" Dave said.

The woman held out her hand and said, "One thousand bucks."

"How much?" Both Dave and Carol were stunned.

The dress didn't look particularly expensive. How could it be worth a thousand dollars!