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Now he was screwed without the benefit of a partner and any sort of satisfaction. He needed to fix this mess. He replayed the conversation. Olivia’s last statement was bouncing off the walls of his mind. ”I thought you were different.” What did she mean?
He pressed her number and waited for her face to appear, but the call went straight to voice mail. He dialed it again and the same thing. Either she couldn’t get reception, which he doubted, or she was pissed. It was radio silence until she cooled down.
He texted the concierge at La Porte Noir. He needed to see Jasmine. He booked a double session and decided to deal with Olivia in the morning.
Chapter 14
He exited the airport rental car parking lot clueless. Olivia refused to answer his calls or texts. When his assistant couldn’t get any information, he went to the one person that would be helpful. Clyde told him what hotel she was staying in and wished him luck. He needed more than luck.
That statement she made kept him up most of the night, and caused him to catch the first flight to Dallas. His plan was to get a room in her hotel and sit in the lobby waiting for her, and then apologize.
He checked into his room and sat in the lobby all day watching every woman that entered or exited the lobby. He looked at his watch and realized he’d been in the lobby almost eighteen hours and still hadn’t seen Olivia.
Eric picked up his phone and pressed Clyde’s number. He picked up on the first ring. “Hello, Clyde. Dr. King here.”
“Yes, sir. Did you find Miss Bennett?”
“No. Are you sure you gave me the correct hotel?”
“Yes. She said if there was an emergency, I was to leave a message on her cell and one at her hotel.”
“And she’s staying at the Joule.”
“That’s correct. Would you like for me to call her?”
“No. I don’t want to upset her. Thank you.”
“Good night.”
“Good night.” He pressed the button ending the call and walked back to the concierge. “Excuse me. Are you sure Miss
Bennett hasn’t come in and you just didn’t see her?”
“Dr. King, as I told you the other twelve times, no. I haven’t seen her and no, she hasn’t returned. Just in case I missed her, I took a message up to her room and taped it on the bathroom mirror.” The concierge was trying to be patient.
“Thank you.”
“If you don’t mind me asking, how bad was the fight?”
“Excuse me?”
“It must have been a really bad fight.”
Eric exhaled. “It wasn’t so much a fight…”
“Son, take it from someone who’s been in your shoes. If you flew out here and she’s still not returning your calls, it’s worse than you want to admit.”
Eric shook his head. “I said something I shouldn’t have on top of turning down her invitation to join her for the weekend.”
“You’ll be lucky if she doesn’t shoot you. You know guns are legal here,” he joked. He looked up in the direction of the front door. “Pull yourself together. Seems your girlfriend is here.”
Eric turned around and looked Olivia in the eye. “What are you doing here?” This was a new personality…cold and distant. He’d never seen her business persona.
“I wanted to apologize.”
She kept walking towards the elevator. “Olivia…Olivia…” He ran to catch up to her at the elevators.
“What do you want Eric?”
