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What the hell is that? It isn’t flirty. It doesn’t even make sense.
He quickly added, “That’s why we have adjoining rooms.”
He swore he heard that inner voice do an inner face-palm.
Daphne smiled and shook her head. “Long afternoon, wasn’t it?”
“The longest.”
“Think our rooms have a minibar?”
“If not, I’m telling them to bring the drinks up before dinner.”
“Excellent plan.” She opened her door and stepped in. “Oh my God.”
“What’s wrong?”
She wheeled, eyes widening. “The shower is broken.”
Run with it. Come on, you can do it. Take the ball and run—
“Couldn’t resist,” she said, squeezing his arm ever so gently. “Either this room is gorgeous or I’m so tired that anything with a bed looks like the Ritz.”
The ball is right there. Grab it and—
Daphne walked over to the bed and collapsed face-first on it with a little moan of pleasure.
If you fumble this, that’s it. I really and truly give up on you.
He walked over to stand at the foot of the bed, gave a dramatic pause, and then collapsed backward onto it.
Fine. This is acceptable. The ball is in play.
Daphne turned her face sideways, and he did the same.
“Fancy meeting you here,” he said.
She laughed softly. “Not a bad place to meet.”
“Not bad at all. I could joke about finally getting you in bed, but that seems a little…” He scrunched his nose. “Obvious?”
“And not really your style.”
“True. My style is more…” He reached one hand up to gently touch her face, as he met her eyes. “Hey.”
She blushed. Then she leaned into his hand—
His cell phone blared. It didn’t just ring. It blared. He snatched it up to hit Ignore, but as he did, Daphne leaned over and saw the caller.
“Lawrence,” she groaned as she sat up. “He’s waiting for an update.”
Chris realized that it was possible he’d never hated anyone quite as much as he hated Lawrence.
“It can wait,” he tried, but Daphne was already rubbing her eyes and rolling her shoulders, as if roused from sleep.
“I really should email him,” she said.
He tapped in a quick text to Lawrence and showed it to her. She nodded, and he hit Send. The message said that he was exhausted and wanted to collect his thoughts but would call soon.
