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Roni s I’ll admit I was a little worried when you went out with hiht Saets to date and you stay hoonna say about it" She zipped her lips again and smiled "I promise"

Glad that Roni kept her promise and didn’t say much more, Nellie didn’t co entirely sure that this was a good idea, but her heart needed to starton It felt so i to enjoy another e it At the very least, it could do what her first date with Saed to do: make her feel attractive in more than just a sexual way

Less than fifteen ret it For starters, when he’dthe sunset from, she’d foolishly assuh the lobby Instead they’d gone straight to his room He explained that his beach-front room had a private patio, which led out into a ay if she wanted to get closer to the water But they’d spent solass of chilled wine

Sam had also taken it upon hiain alking her out onto his patio It had its own private fire pit and its own private pool and Jacuzzi Sam turned the fire on as soon as they walked out The ocean breeze was just picking up, so the war and one she would’ve definitely enjoyed--with so there’d be only one very specific so this with, Nellie forced herself to enjoy the ti She’d have a glass or two atas they sat down on one of the plush patio sofas She had to ad

"This is my favorite hotel to stay at when I’ at the sunset

He’d sat next to her a bit too closely, but Nellie refrained frohs to touch

"I request this room specifically because of this patio I only wish you had more time to help me enjoy it We could take a dip in the pool It’s heated"

"You always travel alone?" she asked curiously

Surely a ood as Sam could find someone else to help hi else And now seeing hiht about his physique the first time she met him He wasn’t nearly as muscular as Abel, but his arms and chest werehis wine glass, "if it’s business, I usually do For pleasure trips, I get together with friends and family But there are exceptions like next week, for exaas partly for business and partly for pleasure, so I’ll bewith friends"

"Really?" She tilted her head, sas next week too What kind of business are you doing out there?"

There was a noticeable gleam in his eye that she wasn’t sure what to"The cable channel I work at used to be just local, but they were recently bought out by a subsidiary of CNN, so my role as a co stories all over, not just the Detroit area This is why I’as next week Will you be out there just for pleasure?" he asked, eyeing her playfully

She s a bittersweet eht’ve said both How fast things had changed While she knew all too well that Vegas could be as pleasurable as her ti she first saw the photos, Nellie knew she was in danger of serious daement as is "Business," she sipped her wine It went down a bit rougher than she expected

"Maybe we can get together while you’re out there How long will you be there?"

She was about to explain about the fight and her role in it when his phone rang and he frowned, glancing at the screen "I’etically, "but I have to take this Will you give me a few minutes?"

"Take your ti back into the room

Her own phone had lit up a few times since she’d been there, so she decided to check it She had a an The text caught her attention She hadn’t heard fro He hadn’t once bothered to return her calls, and she’d left hi him to please call her His departure had been so abrupt, and even though he’d fulfilled the last tasks he’d been asked to do, she still had questions on a few things She clicked on the little envelope now curiously

Give et a chance, please I need to talk to you

The irritation was immediate, especially after she read it a second time to make sure she hadn’t misread it The nerve of him! Noanted her to call hi how much work this mixer was, then he didn’t bother to return her calls, even when she s clarified Did he need a letter of reco?