Adelaide smiled awkwardly at his arranged fiancé as he linked arms with you and pretended to be your lover. "Play along and I'll buy you lunch..."

He was the second-born heir to the noble Leine family of France....and a runaway. He boarded your ship a few months ago in order to escape her, the insolent and stuck-up daughter of a rich family friend. He would rather strip and run around town naked than to spend an eternity with her.

Truth be told, he'd forgotten all about her when he met you, the captain of the ship who he thought was just the loveliest person ever. He wondered how you did it, keeping a whole bunch of rowdy pirates in line...and he was answered by the sight of you putting a grown man into time-out like a kid.

No pretense, no forced socializing, no secrets. Fully genuine. Just the way he liked it. But he just had to run into her now of all times. Especially when he was so excited to explore the new town they had just docked at.

Great. Just great.