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She was going to sleep with all of them? Oh, God I didn’t want to be there when she screith Kiro He was in ht, I didn’t want to ruin that

“UhI’ll just book another night here They asked you to stay, notprotection, aren’t you?”

Sonya let out a frustrated groan I didn’t see why she had to get so frustrated I was just worried about her being safe “I need e,” she snapped

Crap OK “I can bring that to you if you don’t want to coet it But I wish you’d—”

“Just bring it I need it You can go back to the hotel and stay there I don’t care But I won’t let you ruin this for me This is why I ca

Sonya had three pieces of luggage Hauling that byto be easy Normally, I carried mine and one of hers, and she carried the other two They were bulky, and one didn’t roll at all

But she had been through an awful time the last two months, and if thisit to you But could you at least meet me in the lobby? This stuff is hard to handle all by myself”

She sighed “Sure I’llup

I looked at the phone in my hand and wondered what I had done to annoy her I said I’d bring it to her Although what she was doing was degrading I hadn’t pointed that out

Once I had all her luggage packed up andto get a cab I had twenty dollars left I would need to get more money froh to get me to the Grand

Watching the h of relief when the total caave the driver e, I tipped him two dollars

As I stepped out, I noticed the hotel was very different frouy se toward the doors I was relieved I didn’t have to struggle to get all three bags inside

“Checking in?” the guy asked me

I alue I shook e to uests here They’re in the penthouse” I looked around “She was supposed to meet me down here”

The surprise in his eyes was obvious He must knoas in the penthouse “I can’t allow you up there It takes a special key to get to that floor Is there a way you can call your cousin?”

I checked the lobby again for any sign of Sonya She wasn’t there I didn’t want to think about what had gotten her sidetracked “I, uh, could you maybe call up there and ask thee? I don’tit, but I want to et it”

The guy’s gaze had drifted lower over my body but snapped back up to look at ht here,” he said I nodded, standing beside the luggage as he went to the concierge desk

If Sonya wanted her luggage so bad, she at least could have been waiting for me Then the fact that I was out of cash sank in Crap I had to get money from her, or I would be stuck here I looked over at the bellhop and wondered if he’dmy cousin to come down Before I could decide how to handle the situation, the guy was hanging up the phone and co toward me

He looked ae cart “I’ve been instructed to bring you and the luggage up,” he informed me, then waved his hand for me to walk in front of him “Private elevator for the penthouse floor is this way”