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nced down at the stack of newspapers in her arms, a surprised expression

giving me a glimpse of the lacy black bra underneath her uniform. Her breasts brushed my

I would have smiled back and taken her to a hotel

e chest anymore, I smiled politely and nodded at the n

ed before she straightened u

h, please.

e stack, then handed me

ted her long lashes, thrusting out her hip a little.

nterested, but I wasn’t. “I’ll

Carol nodded and walked down the narrow aisle to get my drink, handin

as I snapped it open. I paged past the gossip section, but not fas

tention that went along with being who we were as much as I avoided it. Today’s headline

ty magnates, had been friends for years. Danny and Maddy both adored being in the public eye. I k

e alcohol. My brother was going to be insufferable later. No doubt being the subject o

apers?” Carol asked, hovering near

d. “I’m an old soul, I gu

to my paper. Taking the hint that I wasn’t in

earch of the real news. For the next three hours, I devoured

folks. We’re going to be starting our descent into Florida in the next few minutes. We h

nderstood why I preferred to fly commercial instead of taking the company jet. Neither my dad nor my br

cial Officer of one of the biggest hotel groups in the world, they thought I should enj

g Florida,” I muttered under my breath, heading toward the rental car company I always used. W

yle. It made zero sense, but it wasn’t my logic or my decision. At leas

nd the country. I worked from hotels and planes, hard

a car, I made my way through the throngs of people in the

rned the radio all the way up. Rock music poured out of the speakers. I

ust the sight of it had the pleasant buzz from the music flowing right out of me. I used to love it here, but I had really grown to

to shoulder. My suit was tailor made for me and up until I landed in Florida, it fit me l

, my dad’s favorite security guard, waved me through the boom with a friendly flick of his han

eing late nearly as much as I hated where I was. Growing up with one of the most successful men in the country as my father, I had

a large rectangular space in the middle of the floor with a massive balcony overlooking the ocean. Glass stackable doors made up one entire side, in his