In Room 33
“He was better than she remembered. Any woman in her right mind would want him all over her. Want all of him. She doubted her so-smart, so-cool daughter would be any different. When a man who looked that good wanted you, you wanted back. Of course, he'd want Joy, if for no other reason than she looked so much like Lana.
She smoothed her hair and refreshed her makeup.
The situation was troublesome.
When Lana glanced out the cab window at the Hotel Philip, she didn't see a stolid, lusterless hotel... with broken windows and a dirty brick facade; she saw a very large check made out to her.
If Wade seduced Joy, if they slept together—and if he was as physically commanding as she remembered—that check, along with a lifestyle she was determined to maintain, was at risk. Lana wasn't fond of risk.
"That horrible, hideous hotel," she said, unaware she'd spoken aloud.
"Where to, ma'am?" the cab driver asked, looking at her through the rearview mirror.
She gave him her address, and he pulled away from the curb.MoreLess
She smoothed her hair and refreshed her makeup.
The situation was troublesome.
When Lana glanced out the cab window at the Hotel Philip, she didn't see a stolid, lusterless hotel... with broken windows and a dirty brick facade; she saw a very large check made out to her.
If Wade seduced Joy, if they slept together—and if he was as physically commanding as she remembered—that check, along with a lifestyle she was determined to maintain, was at risk. Lana wasn't fond of risk.
"That horrible, hideous hotel," she said, unaware she'd spoken aloud.
"Where to, ma'am?" the cab driver asked, looking at her through the rearview mirror.
She gave him her address, and he pulled away from the curb.MoreLess
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