still her sire. The one she will find comfort in and need to be
with.” It kills me having to defend her. I don’t think I can do it much longer.
I am this close to just leaving her here and going home.
“I’m not sharing a room with her. In New York. Or Miami, or
anywhere else.”
“Sweetie. We only have three bedrooms in New York and four
of us living there. Short of us or me and Lincoln sharing a room - to which
Cole will have an apoplexy – you are going to have to. Anyway, we aren’t going
to New York. From here we are going to Toronto. Scott is sorting it all out and
you can have separate rooms. Grayson can watch her. Okay?”
“Thank you.”
“No worries. I am here to fix your problems,” I say with a
smile and brush his hair away from his forehead. He turns his face into my hand
and sighs. “You should get out of here. Get some space. Why don’t you go and
hit the casino. Try and win us a shitload of cash,” I say.
He chuckles, “You know that I will. I never lose.”
“No, you don’t.” I smile.
“Will you come with me?”
“Sure. CK is feeling generous, he said to make the most of
it.”
“I don’t even want to know what you promised him to get him
to say that,” he says as he sits up and pulls his t-shirt over his head. “Let
me get showered and changed.”
“Okay, baby.” I kiss him softly and leave him to his
business.
“Bad news, Liv,” Scott says as soon as I walk back into the
sitting room.
“Oh Scott. Don’t start a sentence with those words, please,”
I beg him.
“Sorry. We have to give up some rooms. There is a conference
coming into town first thing tomorrow and they need the rooms free.”
“What? Just offer them more money, or ask to speak to Xane.
He’ll sort it.”
“I did offer them more money and also offered to pay for the
other guests to be put up elsewhere but it’s a big conference. There are no
rooms anywhere. And you speak to Xane. He’s your….” he pauses, waving his hand
around, “friend.”
“What can they give us?”
“Two suites. Yours and Mr. D’Arcangelo’s and this one.”
“So Sebastian, you, and Linc have to give up yours. Where is
Linc by the way?”
“Took an opportunity to conduct some business.”
“Oh. Well, we have two rooms and this has two rooms. That
leaves one unaccounted for.”
“Aefre,” CK interjects, “I am not altogether happy about
sharing.”
“We don’t have much of a choice. Besides, we shared with
Sebastian back in New York.”
“That was before he… you know…”
“Fine, Lincoln can have the other room.”
“Humph, not likely,” he says.
“Scott, looks like you are ‘It,’” I say to him and grimaces
at me.
“I’ll take my chances elsewhere if that’s all the same to
you,” he says and CK snickers.
“We promise to keep it down if it will make you feel any
better,” he says.
Scott blushes bright red. “I will still know. I may be able
to focus my gift better now but it’s still not a hundred percent around you,”
he says haughtily and we giggle at him.
“So, Sebastian or Lincoln? Which will it be?” I ask CK.
“’Bastian,” he says reluctantly. “At least I know you won’t
be sneaking into his bed in the middle of the night to get some.”
I laugh out loud but quiet at his murderous look. I turn
back to Scott, “Where will you go?”
“I’ll find somewhere. I don’t mind slumming it, unlike you
guys,” he says ruefully.
“There is nothing wrong with enjoying the finer things in
life, when you can afford them,” CK says patronizingly.
“I’m sure. Maybe you should talk your girlfriend into giving
me a raise,” he says smartly and CK and I look at each other in amusement at
the word “girlfriend.”
“I think I pay you quite handsomely,” I say, somewhat
offended that he thinks his six-figure salary isn’t enough.
“You do. I was only kidding. Believe me, I will be the first
to come to you with a request should the job description exceed
with.” It kills me having to defend her. I don’t think I can do it much longer.
I am this close to just leaving her here and going home.
“I’m not sharing a room with her. In New York. Or Miami, or
anywhere else.”
“Sweetie. We only have three bedrooms in New York and four
of us living there. Short of us or me and Lincoln sharing a room - to which
Cole will have an apoplexy – you are going to have to. Anyway, we aren’t going
to New York. From here we are going to Toronto. Scott is sorting it all out and
you can have separate rooms. Grayson can watch her. Okay?”
“Thank you.”
“No worries. I am here to fix your problems,” I say with a
smile and brush his hair away from his forehead. He turns his face into my hand
and sighs. “You should get out of here. Get some space. Why don’t you go and
hit the casino. Try and win us a shitload of cash,” I say.
He chuckles, “You know that I will. I never lose.”
“No, you don’t.” I smile.
“Will you come with me?”
“Sure. CK is feeling generous, he said to make the most of
it.”
“I don’t even want to know what you promised him to get him
to say that,” he says as he sits up and pulls his t-shirt over his head. “Let
me get showered and changed.”
“Okay, baby.” I kiss him softly and leave him to his
business.
“Bad news, Liv,” Scott says as soon as I walk back into the
sitting room.
“Oh Scott. Don’t start a sentence with those words, please,”
I beg him.
“Sorry. We have to give up some rooms. There is a conference
coming into town first thing tomorrow and they need the rooms free.”
“What? Just offer them more money, or ask to speak to Xane.
He’ll sort it.”
“I did offer them more money and also offered to pay for the
other guests to be put up elsewhere but it’s a big conference. There are no
rooms anywhere. And you speak to Xane. He’s your….” he pauses, waving his hand
around, “friend.”
“What can they give us?”
“Two suites. Yours and Mr. D’Arcangelo’s and this one.”
“So Sebastian, you, and Linc have to give up yours. Where is
Linc by the way?”
“Took an opportunity to conduct some business.”
“Oh. Well, we have two rooms and this has two rooms. That
leaves one unaccounted for.”
“Aefre,” CK interjects, “I am not altogether happy about
sharing.”
“We don’t have much of a choice. Besides, we shared with
Sebastian back in New York.”
“That was before he… you know…”
“Fine, Lincoln can have the other room.”
“Humph, not likely,” he says.
“Scott, looks like you are ‘It,’” I say to him and grimaces
at me.
“I’ll take my chances elsewhere if that’s all the same to
you,” he says and CK snickers.
“We promise to keep it down if it will make you feel any
better,” he says.
Scott blushes bright red. “I will still know. I may be able
to focus my gift better now but it’s still not a hundred percent around you,”
he says haughtily and we giggle at him.
“So, Sebastian or Lincoln? Which will it be?” I ask CK.
“’Bastian,” he says reluctantly. “At least I know you won’t
be sneaking into his bed in the middle of the night to get some.”
I laugh out loud but quiet at his murderous look. I turn
back to Scott, “Where will you go?”
“I’ll find somewhere. I don’t mind slumming it, unlike you
guys,” he says ruefully.
“There is nothing wrong with enjoying the finer things in
life, when you can afford them,” CK says patronizingly.
“I’m sure. Maybe you should talk your girlfriend into giving
me a raise,” he says smartly and CK and I look at each other in amusement at
the word “girlfriend.”
“I think I pay you quite handsomely,” I say, somewhat
offended that he thinks his six-figure salary isn’t enough.
“You do. I was only kidding. Believe me, I will be the first
to come to you with a request should the job description exceed
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