Oh Christ. “Uhh…”
Hunt swaggered up and slid the woman’s arm through his. “I’ll make sure she gets home safe and sound.”
“Mmm,” the woman said, “I like you.”
The front desk promptly drafted the gift certificate, and Hunt escorted the woman out.
“Do you think he’ll be okay?” Emily asked Wes, staring after Hunt as he climbed into a cab.
Wes waved it off and turned around. “Hunt is in his element.”
He started back toward the party, and Emily scrambled after him. “What about what I said earlier? About keeping your hands to yourself tonight?”
He glanced at her irritably. “I like you, Emily, but you’re ruining my night.”
“I’m ruining… Oh for the love of—”
“What’s going on?”
Emily spun around to find Levi behind her. “Stop sneaking up on me,” she snapped.
He stared at her for a long moment, his expression so emotionless that she wanted to kick him. In the shin. Hard. This wasn’t the warm man who’d melted her with kisses earlier.
He turned to Wes. “Well? I asked a question.”
Emily let out a deep breath. “Where have you been?”
He hesitated. “Out for a walk.”
She couldn’t help it. She blurted, “All because Lisa showed up?”
Wes’s eyes widened. “Lisa was here?”
“Was,”Levi responded, scanning the lobby. “How’s the ball going?”
“Entertaining,” Wes answered.
Levi looked at Emily.
She ticked off her fingers. “Food-poisoning incident blamed on the resort. Drunken woman exposing her breast to the ballroom. And Wes wants to use his womanizing ways on one of our unsuspecting Shin guests.”
“Womanizing?” Wes frowned. She noted he didn’t deny it. At Levi’s increased breathing and the odd noise coming from his throat—like a growl—Wes backed up. “I’ll just return to the ball. Make sure everyone’s enjoying themselves.” He swung around and walked away.
Levi glared down at Emily. “I leave you alone for thirty minutes and this is what happens while I’m gone?”
He…What?The nerve of him!
“Listen here, buddy.” She poked him in the chest. “Youkissedme. Then you went all googly-eyed over my sister, whom you’re supposed to belong over. And then!And thenyou disappeared, leaving me to deal with one disaster after another during the most important party of the season.Do notcross me right now.”
Levi’s face went blank.
Emily didn’t know what he did after that, because she stalked away. To check on the sick guest. To make sure food and champagne were still flowing in the ballroom.
To hide how upset she was for thinking Levi Cade could ever seriously fall for her.
Chapter 15
Emily Wright hadLevi turned inside out. He’d kissed her last night…a few times. And grazed his mouth along the silky column of her neck. What the hell had he been thinking?
