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Andi

Well, that sucked

I thought about going back to the hotel lobby where ainst it We had all spent the past few days ether was to do nor books Alone, preferably

I shuffled down the checkered carpet hallway inparticular attention to where I was going After all, rown up in this hotel I probably could’vemachine blindfolded

I passed a row of frost-covered s that gave ht Thankfully, the heat in the hotel was cranked up so I was plenty comfortable in my thin sweater and socks Of course, I also stood out like a sore thuht hotel was a five-star establishner outfits and the men wore tailored, thousand-dollar suits

Good for the into a book to distract myself

I left theand went into the stheht, there was a man inside the small room

He had short, -dead dark prince It was all graceful lines and sharp edges, with strong eyebrows over a pair of equally dark, piercing eyes I guessed he ht be in his early thirties but couldn’t be sure

I hadn’t been self-conscious aboutme up and down

“Nice socks,” he said

I was a little startled that he was speaking to me I’d never had uy on thisout, so…” I said, trailing off

He noticed the Kindle tucked under ?”

“So like that”