Page 34 of Flirting with Trouble

WellsSpells: Hey, friend! Thanks for accepting the challenge. If you’re busy, we can play later.

Me: We can play. I’m at my hotel for the night.

WellsSpells: Where are you staying? The Waldorf Astoria?

Me: No. I like the Hotel Bel-Air better. It’s less concrete jungleish.

WellsSpells: Jungleish? I see you won’t be living up to your username.

I send a laughing emoji.

Me: Watch me take you down.

WellsSpells: I’d like to watch you all night long.

A thrill skitters through me.

Me: Do you send dirty messages to all your friends?

WellsSpells: ??

WellsSpells: I was talking about watching you play the game.

An angel emoji pops up.

WellsSpells: What were you talking about?

I send a deadpan emoji.

WellsSpells: You can go first. Like I said, I like to watch.

A heart-eyed emoji appears.

As I ponder my tiles, I can’t stop smiling or thinking about those sexy dark eyes watching me come, as they had several times the night of the party. My body flames, and I try my best not to think about it as I play the word SHIFTY.

WellsSpells: Nice.

Me: I was thinking of you.

WellsSpells: That’s funny, because I’m thinking of you, too.

He plays the word TEMPTING and sends a winking emoji.

I laugh and play SECRET. He plays HIDE.

Me: I think you need to read more to build your vocabulary.

I play EAT, and he plays EGGPLANT.

Me: Seriously? Tempting, hide, eggplant? Did you rig this game?

WellsSpells: I don’t know what you’re talking about.

Another angel emoji pops up.

I shake my head, that silly smile still plastered on my face.

We’re about half an hour into our game when there’s a knock at my door. I carry my phone with me and look through the peephole. I see a male hotel staff member and open the door. He’s standing by a cart that has four silver serving dishes, a bottle of wine, and a wineglass on it. “Hi, can I help you?”