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"Not me Not unless you want to" Jamie looks at , too "I want the hot tub," she says

"I think we can go one better," Damien says, then hits a button on his phone "Sylvia, can you contact Adriana? See if she can get someone to the Arrowhead house this afternoon for Ms Fairchild and Ms Archer Yes, that’s right An hour Call or text the details once you have them Fine I’ll be in on Friday"

Jamie aims a very clear what the fuck look aton?"

"I thought you two es on the patio," he says, and Ja," she tells hiet back to the house, Da suits in the trunk in Jauest room and then shows us how to operate the controls on the hot tub "Help yourself to whatever’s in the fridge," he adds, "including the chaers in mine I want to keep hiwe haven’t done in what feels like a very long time

"Don’t work too hard," I say

"Don’t play too hard," he counters

"Wouldn’t dream of it"

In fact, we don’t play hard at all Just the opposite I’m pretty sure that I have never been quite so lazy in all of my life For that y has it backward It’s not hell that’s hot, it’s heaven Hot and ith jets that pound away your tension

Jamie’s arms are spread out and she has her head tilted back "I can’t even tell you how e, too? I od, and his nah to flash rin "Seriously, Nik I am totally in love with your boyfriend"

"Yeah," I say "Me, too"

Hours later we are hot tubbed and ed to within an inch of our lives I’e daybed by Jamie I want to read, but it’s too much work, and I close my eyes and settle into the bliss of total relaxation

That’s where Daes froers over my shoulder "Hoas your day?"

I blink up at the incredibledown at me "What time is it?"

"Just past six," he says, which haseven wider I reach forfor over an hour

"Never mind," he says "I can tell how your day was And I’ Jae Like me, she’s dozed off Unlikesoftly into a pillow

Damien, it turns out, has ordered dinner from a local restaurant, and we have a variety of sandwiches, soups, and salads to ured I had earned so you don’t h it," I say, brushing a light kiss over his lips "Thanks," I add "Jamie needed this And so did I"