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determination, as his. Worse, his air of
    sexual innuendo only increased her fighting spirit.
    “You really don’t want to know. It’s a pretty wacko thought.”
    “I think I do know, Mr. Thompson. The question is…what do I get when you lose? Sorry,
    a night in the sack with you isn’t my idea of a prize.”
    He laughed softly. “You made quite an assumption there, didn’t you?”
    She fought the wave of crimson that threatened to splash her cheeks and tried to bluff her
    way out of it. “What kind of prize would be wacko to you?” she asked sweetly.
    He smiled, for once a simple, deep and, she had to admit, very nice smile. “Wacko
    doesn’t necessarily mean…The Seeker,” he said suddenly.
    “What?”
    “The Seeker. You’d get The Seeker.”
    She frowned. “The boat is yours?”
    “From bow to stern, yes.”
    “But…she’s your livelihood.”
    “I won’t lose.”
    Genevieve sat back, totally confused. “You’d wager your dive boat? Against…?”
    He smiled again, and this time it was far too sexy and seductive. “Well, it was your
    suggestion.”
    “Never!”
    “My mind wasn’t moving in that direction until you said something.”
    “It sure as hell was.”
    “I never would have voiced it if you hadn’t.”
    She wasn’t sure what she felt at that moment
    “You are joking, right?” she asked softly.
    He leaned forward; she found herself doing the same. The bet was between them; no one
    else would be in on it. “I’m not joking. If I lose, I’ll pay up. Will you?”
    “You’d risk your boat for a woman you think is crazy?” she asked. “You have to be
    crazier than you think I am.”
    He laughed. “Not really. I won’t lose.”
    “We’ll see, won’t we?” she murmured.
    “So it’s a bet?”
    She noticed that Jack had made an appearance and was dragging another table over. She
    realized that in a few minutes the tiki bar would be crowded, as the crews from both boats
    all began to put in an appearance. In fact, she could see Lizzie and Zach approaching.
    Bethany, Alex, Victor and Marshall would no doubt be over in another few minutes.
    “People are coming,” she murmured.
    He gripped her wrist where it lay on the table. “Is it a bet?”
    “Yes,” she hissed quickly.
    “One of us will have to lose,” he said, stating the obvious.
    “It won’t be me,” she assured him. “But don’t worry. I’ll take excellent care of my boat.”
    A touch of dry amusement entered his eyes, and he leaned close.
    “Don’t you worry. I’ll take excellent care of you.”
    The others were there before she had a chance to reply, and she rose to greet Elizabeth and Zach.
    Maybe she was just being paranoid, but it seemed as if Elizabeth and Zach were looking
    at her oddly. Then again, it might not be paranoia. She hadn’t been in great shape when
    she had surfaced yesterday. But Elizabeth had sympathy in her eyes as well as the same
    speculative look that Thor Thompson usually wore. “You doing all right? Everything
    okay today?” Elizabeth asked, taking the chair her husband offered her and drawing it up
    beside Genevieve’s.
    “Fine. I’m really sorry I caused such a commotion yesterday.”
    “Hey,” Elizabeth said. “I’ve had a few weird experiences in the water, too.”
    “Lizzie ran into a head once,” Zach said.
    “We were diving a small plane crash in the Everglades. It was pretty grisly.”
    Genevieve nodded, staring across the table at Thor, who was smiling at Bethany.
    Asshole.
    “I’ve done some recovery in the Everglades, and it is brutal,” Genevieve said.
    “The muck…you can’t see anything until it’s in your face—then, suddenly, you’ve found
    a body part,” Elizabeth agreed. “But…well, you must have seen something. Maybe we’ll
    find whatever it was in the next few days.”
    “I hope so,” Genevieve said. She looked at Thor again, clenching her teeth. “I haven’t
    worked rescue and recovery all that often, but we’ve gone up to the