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She left and I quickly snatched the small card from the florist’s stationery The floere from Dane, and he’d obviously ordered them online, because he couldn’t write out the card himself Instead, it was a computer-printed one that read:

Ari,

Again, I’ it, I promise Meet me out front at five Dane

I was more than happy to slip off with him at the end of the day And I hoped he was in a better frame of mind, hatever current plan of attack he had underway Which I wanted to know about, yet … I didn’t

I went back toit so I could display it for Dane this evening Kyle joined me and we both immersed ourselves in our respective projects Close to five, I packed everything up Kyle went downstairs with me, since he was done for the day as well

The tall doors were opened by the valet taking over Brandon’s shift I hadn’t met him yet

“Ari DeMille, Events Director,” I said “This is Kyle Jenns”

“Wayne Horton,” he introduced hi your cars around”

“Actually, I’ve got awith Mr Bax” Dane’s Venom F5 sat in the circular drive I turned to Kyle “Thanks for babysitting me”

“Not a problem Be careful”

“Of course”

Wayne escorted me over to the flashy sports car

Staring up at him, I asked, “Are you new?”

“No, I’ve been working with various departments the past few months—IT, Facilities, Distribution Services, Grounds crehatever they need me to do I’m sort of a jack-of-all-trades”

“That sounds handy for the hotel”