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“Hi, can you tell me what room Paxton Cruise is in, please?”

“I’ive out that information without proper identification”

I just barely kept fro my eyes as I pulled my wallet from my purse “Okay, well, can you tell me what room Noelle Brooks is in then?” I slid my ID across the counter to prove it was me

“Certainly,” she agreed with a s my ID I looked around as she typed in my name, and then seconds later, she spoke “You’re in room five-zero-six, ma’am”

“N-no,” I stuttered as ht Please check again”

That was Nick’s room

“I’ht here You and Nicholas Cruise checked in yesterday” She raised her brow, obviously picking up on the fact that I’d given her the name of two different men who also shared an uncommon surname

Karma was a petty bitch today

“Okay,” I whispered with my heart in my throat I wanted the floor to open up and s me “Thank you”

I turned—not knohere to go or what to do, so I started for the front door I h those same doors Just as I had predicted, he was dressed for the slopes and s harder than I’d seen him do in years

Next to hi best friend

She laughed and looked damn near in love as she stared at my man like he was hers

Neither had noticed h I stood no more than five feet away That was how into each other they were

They stopped just inside the door, and he said so a fallen snowflake from her button nose, still red from the cold

My first instinct was to break it and see how cute he found the bitch then

I watched Paxton lift his hand and Felicity’s breath catch when he suggestively licked the snowflake fro deep into her eyes

Oh, hell no

“Elle!”

I was mid-step, hands balled, when I heard my name

Paxton and Felicity both followed the sound of Nick’s voice until they found hi off the elevator, fully dressed now And when they followed his gaze, their eyes bucked, finally seeing uilty step away from each other, but it was too late

I’d seen enough

Paxton recovered quickly and was noearing a blank expression while Felicity looked like she was stuck in a horror film