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One of the night staff arrived with all of the bags “Would you like me to unpack, Mr Castillo?”
“No, thank you, John We’ll take care of it”
“Very good Anything else you require?”
His gaze drifted to Nikki Who said, “You still have my laptop strapped to you That’s all I care about”
The butler’s assistant didn’t get it, so Damen said, “No worries We’re fine, thank you That’ll be all”
The wet bar was always stocked, along with a e Lamont would have seen to it that there was fresh ice and sparkling and still water at the ready And Damen had requested he draw a bath when they were just a few minutes out, so he directed Nikki to the master en suite
“Jesus, Daasp as she entered that room “The Plaza Hotel called They’d like their entire residential floor back”
He snickered “If you want a bath, take a bath If you want to fall into bed and make love, we’ll make love If you just want to sleep, we’ll sleep”
Over her shoulder, she asked, “What is the point of all this space?”
“I like to spread out”
“How often are you here?” she countered “To spread out?”
“Every now and then Mads goes to a private boarding school My roup therapy”
He crossed to where she stood and asked, “By the way, how are you coping with being shot at?”
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The question took her aback