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“How wet are we talking about? Is it gushing? Or is it merely moist?” Rodney blinks guilelessly up at Levi.
I break in before Levi can. “It’s a waterfall up there. I would hurry, Rodney, before the entire hotel becomes wet.”
Levi nods eagerly. “Yes. Hurry, Rodney. Only you are capable of making it…um…dry.”
“Right. Right.” Rodney glances down at his tool belt, grabs a wrench, and then licks his lips. “I’m an expert at plugging wet holes.”
“Errr…”
Rodney charges towards the elevator with an imperious set to his chin and his shoulders pushed back. He reminds me of a knight charging into battle…
If the battle involved leaking faucets and the knight was an unironic pervert.
Only when the elevator’s doors close on his determined face do I break into giggles and turn towards a beaming Levi.
“You’re seriously my hero,” I singsong.
He smirks. “You owe me, Ms. Lily Dean. I’m not going to be able to enter my room for at least two hours now. Last time Old Man Rodney was working on one of his projects, he decided to take his shirt off to, and I quote, ‘free the contained nips.’” He shudders. “I still have nightmares to this day.”
“So you’ve been at the hotel a while?” I question, moving towards the elevator that Rodney didn’t take. Levi easily keeps pace with me. “I thought you were here to meet a client?”
“That’s true, but I may have skipped over a detail. I actually live here,” he confesses. “My mom used to work as a maid until she passed away. We didn’t have a house, so I decided to stay where I was comfortable. I know every inch of this hotel, every secret, every piece of gossip.”
Interesting…
That probably explains how he knew my last name. He would’ve heard about the weird new guests sharing the honeymoon suite.
I debate my next question, nibbling on my lower lip.
“So does that mean you were here when that young couple got murdered a couple of weeks ago, and the couple a few months back?” I try to keep my voice soft and sympathetic, hiding any and all ulterior motives behind false platitudes.
Levi’s face turns grave. “Yeah. That shit is messed up. I don’t know who would do such a thing.”
“And the police don’t have any leads?” I hedge innocently.
Well, as innocently as a person can be when talking about horrible, gruesome murders.
“Everyone in the hotel had been interviewed, but no arrests as far as I know.” Levi snorts derisively. “It just doesn’t make any sense. How could the murderer get in and out of the room without being seen? How could they not have left any DNA or footprints?”
Because the murderer isn’t actually a human,I think but don’t say out loud.
“It’s horrible,” I agree. “I hope they find the murderer soon.”
“Yeah. I met the couple a few times during their stay here, and they seemed really nice. Happy and in love and all that cheesy shit.” He distractedly scratches at the nape of his neck. “I don’t know how anyone could be so cruel. It’s almostdemonic.”
I want to press him for more information, but the elevator doors have already opened. It will be suspicious if I ask another question when the conversation is seemingly over. I'll just have to bide my time.
Levi watches me enter the elevator, his amused grin morphing into a confused one as I press the button for my floor.
“And just where are you going, Lily Dean? Are you trying to ditch your savior after I so kindly slayed your perverted monster?”
“And how would you propose I thank you?” I allow a finger to drift suggestively down my cleavage.
His eyes turn hooded, molten, burning with unfettered desire.
Just before the doors can slide shut, Levi stalks inside, his huge body crowding me against the wall. He reminds me of a predator in the wild. He moves with a lethal grace reserved for animals, not human beings.
But my body reacts not like a hunted thing, but like a fellow predator, alive with the thrill of the chase. Yes, this is what I denied myself yesterday in that secret cupboard.
