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After dropping my bags in my room, I headed down to the lobby bar. It was a huge space, grand in design with modern lighting and a shiny white grand piano in the center of the room.
Already bustling at seven o’clock, there were only a couple of seats empty at the bar. I managed to snag one of them, and ordered a gin and tonic, thinking about whether or not I wanted to grab sushi for dinner with an acquaintance, or if I should just order room service to be brought up to the suite and turn in early.
The group of Russian businessmen sitting in the series of bar stools next to me vacated their seats, leaving a handful of empty spots in the crowded bar. A tall, slender, blonde woman came and took the stool next to me, despite all the other empty seats.
She was wearing a tight leather pencil skirt and a semi-sheer black blouse, with her black lacy bra visible through the fabric. I guessed she was probably about my age, maybe a couple of years older. Her features were striking, and her jewelry, makeup, and hair were all impeccable.
“I can tell you’re a man who knows what he wants,” she said, voice husky and languid, holding a tumbler of something dark with her ring-clad hand, nails lacquered bright red.
“And how is that?” I asked, curious.
“Because you know how to order a drink.” She gestured to my glass as if there was something remarkable about a gin and tonic, but her eyes never left mine for a second.
“Oh, I don’t know,” I said, glancing away, sensing her angle.
“A man like you?” She looked me up and down. “I think you know what you’re doing.”
I knew what this was. She was coming on to me. Normally, I would flirt back. See where it went. Maybe even consider inviting her up to my room for the evening.
“What I’m doing is having a drink before I grab a meal.”
She placed a hand on my thigh. “How about a different kind of meal?”
The woman was gorgeous. Classy, fit, and self-confident.
Any other time, I would have been tempted.
I probably would have said yes.
But that was the past.
Before Amelia.
I gently moved the woman’s hand off my thigh. “You seem like a very interesting woman. But I’m afraid I’m seeing someone.”
Her lips formed a pout at first, then her eyes narrowed. “Your loss.”
I tossed back the rest of my drink and left an extra twenty to cover hers.
“I guess we’ll never know,” I said, leaving the bar to find dinner one way or another.
– – –
After meeting my friend for a light sushi dinner, I returned to the hotel with excess energy. So I took advantage of the hotel gym and did a quick twenty minutes on the elliptical. It would help me sleep.
That, and the nightcap I was about to pour from the minibar.
Drinking a Scotch on the sofa in the suite, flipping through my phone, I checked emails first, then messages from clients. Finally, I looked at the picture Amelia had sent me earlier.
She looked gorgeous sitting there in her bra and panty set.
Waiting for me.
I needed to get some sleep before the showings I had scheduled tomorrow, but the sight of Amelia had me more alert than I should be. Agitated, even.
A hot shower was what I needed.
I took my Scotch with me into the large, upscale bathroom and set it on the countertop, then started the shower. Stripping off my clothes and hanging them neatly in the closet, I stepped under the warm rain showerhead, feeling the soft water trickling down my neck and body.
