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"Th? L?n?x i? l???t?d ?n the ??v?nth floor ?nd the Mir?g? i? l???t?d on the fifth." Sky said.
Th? girl turned ?nd w?lk?d ?w?? with?ut another w?rd, rejoining th? gr?u? of girl?. "I just got a n?tifi??ti?n that ??m??n? spotted Kn?x h??ding t?w?rd? th? g?m," one of the girl? said. Th? group rushed t?w?rd? th? closest ?l?v?t?r.
Sk? ?h??k?d in with the th??t?r crew b?f?r? she l?ft. Sh? fli???d ?n th? light? to her room ?nd let ?ut a h???? sigh, f?lling ?n th? b?d. She gl?n??d ?t th? ?l??k ?n h?r b?d?id? t?bl? ?nd saw it w?? ?nl? t?n t?n. Sh? h?d tw?nt? minut?? b?f?r? And?r? w?? g?ing t? ?t?? b? ?nd knowing And?r?, it was more lik? half ?n h?ur.
CHAPTER 8 - “SO THIS I? M? F?ULT?"
Kn?x'? headphones w?r? already in wh?n he pushed open th? l?rg? glass d??r, l??ding to th? l?ng ?v?l workout room. Str?ight ??r??? fr?m him were fl??r t? ceiling windows, ?l???d right ?n th? edge ?f th? ?hi?. The sea w?? all you could ??? wh?n ?n th? tr??dmill? ?nd ?th?r ??rdi? machines. H? w?? gr?t?ful for the ?m?t? room ?nd climbed ?nt? a tr??dmill, ?t?rting the ???? out ?l?w.
C?lvin had been pleased to ??? Knox dr????d in a ni?? pair ?f slacks, a whit? button ?nd a gr?? ??tt?rn vest wh?n he ??m? to giv? him a heads u? f?r dinn?r.
"L??king g??d b???," M?r??? said, himself dr????d in ni?? pants ?nd a butt?n d?wn.
"Y?u don't look t?o b?d ??ur??lf ?ki???r," Knox ??id.
Th?r? was a ?tr??m of ????l? h??ding towards th? r??t?ur?nt and Knox, Marcos ?nd Calvin f?ll in with the crowd. Knox n?ti??d th? v??t diff?r?n?? in ?????r?n?? from this ?ft?rn??n ?? girl? in evening g?wn? passed him with men in ?l??k? and bl?z?r?.
"This i? where w? l??v? you," Calvin ??id, ?? th?? stepped u? t? th? h??t'? stand in th? r??t?ur?nt.
"Ar? ??u ?ur? you don't want m? t? m??t u? with ??u after?" M?r??? ??k?d.
"No, I'll b? fin?. Aft?r thi? I'm g?ing to g?t a w?rk?ut in. I ??n't im?gin? the g?m will b? filled with girl? ?t that tim? ?f night," Knox ??id. "H?v? a g??d dinner ?nd then go ?nd d? something fun." H? directed th? last ??rt ?t C?lvin.
Kn?x f?ll?w?d th? host ?? he led him thr?ugh th? restaurant. H? could h??r his n?m? being ???k?n ?? h? passed.
"H?r? ??u ?r?, ?ir," the h??t said, ?ulling ?ut the l??t ?h?ir ?t a full t?bl?.
Kn?x sat ?nd looked around him. Across fr?m him ??t a ??u?l? in th?ir fifti??, w?ll dr????d and w?ll groomed. T? hi? right w?? a ??ung girl, wh? Kn?x recognized fr?m the pool earlier ?nd th?n th? Q&A th?t ?ft?rn??n.
"H?? how ?r? you?" h? asked, ?? th? girl l??n?d t?w?rd? him.
"I'm gr??t," she said. H?r v?i?? w?? l?w ?? she ???d him up and down.
"Hi, I'm Albert and this i? m? wife Renee and ?ur d?ught?r Bianca," th? m?n ??id, m?ti?ning t?w?rd? th? girl next to Kn?x. "Thi? i? ?ur ??n, Hudson, ?nd ??m? ?l??? fri?nd? ?f ?ur? P?t?r ?nd Sh?nn?n ?nd their son, Th?m??."
Kn?x f?ll?w?d th? introductions ?r?und th? table ?nd ??uld ??? th? resemblance b?tw??n Bianca and Hud??n ?nd their ??r?nt?. Hudson w?? di??u??ing some bu?in??? venture with Th?m??. Th?? had bri?fl? ??u??d th? conversation to ??? h?ll? but h?d qui?kl? r?turn?d.
"You look ?? handsome," Bianca ??id.
"Thanks, ??u all l??k gr??t," Kn?x ??id. H? didn't w?nt th? compliment t? be specific t? Bianca.
"H?w ?r? ??u guys enjoying th? ?rui?? ?? f?r?" he asked. H? r?l?x?d into hi? seat.
Entertaining ?n such a small scale w??n't hi? favorite, but he w?? d?ing thi? ?v?r? night of th? cruise ?? h? might ?? well g?t comfortable with it.
"It'? f?nt??ti?, but th?t'? m??tl? b???u?? ??u are here," Bianca said.
"It's been v?r? r?l?xing," Shannon said.
"W? ?lw??? tr? t? do a vacation together at l???t ?n?? a ???r. I think this i? going t? b? one ?f th? b??t," Renee ??id.
Knox jum??d on that ??mm?nt. H? g?t everyone t?lking ?b?ut h?w long they h?d known ???h other ?nd th? ?th?r vacations th?? h?d b??n on. Th? Fr?n?h Riv?r?, a f?w weeks in the ??uth of S??in, a tri? to th?ir ?h?r?d ?riv?t? i?l?nd in th? B?h?m??.
"It'? b??utiful there. You w?uld l?v? it," Bi?n?? said. She r??t? h?r arm ?g?in?t hi? chair ?? ?h? l??n?d t?w?rd? him.
F?r every question ?h? asked Kn?x, Kn?x asked one back to the wh?l? gr?u?. When Hud??n ?nd Th?m?? m?nti?n?d th?ir latest bu?in??? v?ntur?, th?? w?r? ?ur?ri??d wh?n Kn?x f?ll?w?d ?l?ng ?nd h?d in?ut.
"You w?uld b? ?ur?ri??d h?w much ?f my lif? i? bu?in??? ?ri?nt?d r?th?r then ??rf?rm?n?? b???d," h? ??id.
