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"Baby, look atand a the day alone with you in this beautiful tropical paradise sounds perfect toin to my pancakes

We finish our breakfast, and while Luke is in the shower, room-service-in-a-canoe comes to take away the dirty dishes and linens The athers the things into a box to put on the canoe

"Your husband is a very luckydoesn’t feel right

What an inappropriate thing to say I don’t correct hisabouthave you beeno to trustbehind a large couch, near the bathroom door

"Oh, that’s nice" He wanders over to the couch and picks at soe fabric My heart speeds up as fear takes hold He’s trying to move closer to me and now his eyes are predatory "I’ve noticed you this week You’re very beautiful"

"I think you’d better go now" I move around the other side of the couch away fro me and my heart is in my throat

"Why?"

"Because I don’t want you here My husband will be out any minute, and I’m not interested Get the fuck out or I’ll have you fired"

"You can’t do that, hs and starts to come at me faster

"Luke!" I screae man is thrown fro and his face contorted in rage, is gripping onto his throat He punches him in the face, twice, and blood spurts out of the irl

I’m quite sure no one has dared lay a hand on hi to make sure you don’t ever try to touch another woain, you fucker" Luke’s voice is cold and calry side to him I’ve never seen before

"Are you okay, baby?" He doesn’t look at me as he speaks, doesn’t take his eyes off of hilad

"Call the main desk and tell them to call the cops Tell them what happened"

I do as he asks and within ement and police, and a man who must be the asshole’s uncle

The police take control of the situation and relieve Luke of his charge Luke then races to me and enfolds me in his arms I must be too shocked to doaround us

"Are you okay?" His hands are running up and downme

"Yes, I’m okay He didn’t touch me, he was just really creepy, and I knoould have if you weren’t here He felt off the minute he came in here, so I moved behind the couch close to the bathroo, and he did" I shiver and Luke pullsfor the police to arrest him It seems this isn’t the first ti, but no one cares

As I watch what’s happening around e

I pull out of Luke’s ar handcuffed by the police He’s crying down athi and there is sudden silence all around us

"I am not a victim" My voice is hard and controlled and loud because I want hi but a piece of shit"