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I didn’t have tih I had forms and policies to read, and then the resort tour, taken ot holed fro text

It was Dane I smiled

Hoas your first day?

I typed: Busy Andmy name so many times Seriously?

I don’t like anything falling through the cracks

Not a surprise when it came to him I texted: Thanks for the flowers They’re spectacular

So are you Now go to sleep You have an even busier week ahead of you

With a nod he obviously couldn’t see, I wrote: I suspected as much

Sweet dreams

Clearly, I found it impossible not to nibble on the lure

You, too Whenever it is that you sleep

I returned the phone to the nightstand, drifting off with thoughts of Dane and 10,000 Lux racing through my head

The as a blur of activity There were so many people to s to learn about hotel life and how everything worked Then there were the uest lists, and planning to be handled I was utterly brain fried—now understanding why lassed-over eyes during their initial consultation The tables had been turned

Dane called on Wednesday night, but I missed his call, because I was dead asleep He texted, concerned I i him I was basically a zombie at this point but really, really excited I didn’t hear back, likely because it was the ht for him

On Thursday afternoon, I inspected the conference space and grand ballroo I stood in the center of the enorlittery rays of chandeliers that sparkled like diamonds