Page 17 of Hot for the Tour Guide
"Lulu, what are you doing here?"
"Is this your secret friend, Dom?"
One of the twins pulls my hand into his and gives me a kiss on the back of it. It's a little creepy actually.
"Would you stop that, Dean."
"You can sit with us, if you like." The twin says.
They pull up a chair and I don't know why, but I sit there with four gorgeous men with their attention all focused on me.
"Dominic, the host said you were the owners?"
"I can explain."
"You lied to me!"
"I didn't. I work for the hotel. Just not in guest services. I was having a little vacation from work."
"I'm such a fool. I believed in you and thought we had something special."
"Lulu, we do."
"Then why didn't you come after me the other day?"
"Maybe we should go somewhere more private."
"I offered to support him if he moved to Boston with me." I say to his brothers.
"So this was serious for you?" The twin closest to me says.
"I guess it was all one sided."
I get up from my seat and run out of the restaurant, Dom at my heels. I go towards the elevator and frantically push the button as if that would make it move faster. Surprise, it doesn't.
"Lulu."
Tears are falling down my face and I'm getting angry because he's witnessing this moment of weakness and vulnerability in my life. As soon as the doors open I step into the elevator, but he does as well. My heart is broken in a million little pieces and I don't even know what to do about it.
We get off at my floor and I wonder why I'm letting him follow me all the way here. Am I going to listen to him give me excuses? When I'm in front of my suite's door I try to pull out the keycard from my purse but my hands are trembling too much.
He takes the purse from me and gets the key out. The door unlocks for him and he opens the door wide so that I can getpast him. I hurry inside and kick myself internally because I shouldn't be letting him anywhere near me.
I take my shoes off, pour myself a drink from the mini bar, take a sip and then go to the bedroom where I fall into bed and start crying earnestly. Things weren't supposed to be like this. Behind me I hear rustling and then the bed dips as the weight of Dom's body is registered.
He plasters himself against my back and puts an arm around my waist. This just makes me cry harder. He holds me tight and makes soothing sounds, his warm breath against my ear.
"After our parents died, I gave my everything to the companies they left us. I knew I could make them proud and I worked as hard as I could to make that happen."
"It became an obsession. Until a week ago, I spent most of my nights in my office in a small cot I brought in. My apartment doesn't feel like a home, and it hurts to go there."
"It's been hard without them, even with my brothers to support me. So when they forced me to take some time off I knew I wanted to spend that time in a role that was at least related to the business. I gave the recreation desk guy some time off and stepped into the role."
"What I didn't know was that I was going to meet this amazing woman that would come to steal my heart."
I tense at the words. Does he really mean them? Is he just playing me for some more sexy times with me? He places a kiss on my ear and it makes me shiver.
"You've changed everything for me, Lulu, but I was a coward and wasn't ready to take the steps that would keep me from losing you."
