“Let’s not go too crazy tonight,” I said, not quite trusting that look on Nathan’s face.
“How can you say that? It’s Vegas, baby.”
Nathan threw me a wink and started the vehicle.
“I’m seriously going to regret this, aren’t I?” I asked.
Nathan’s cackle as he pulled out of the hangar was less than reassuring. I was so totally going to regret agreeing to this.
Deborah leaned forward with an excited look. “I don’t suppose we could find a pool to sit by.”
At my look, she mouthed “what?”
I shook my head and turned back around. Read the car, Debs.
“I was thinking something a little more Vegas,” Nathan responded as we exited the airport and headed toward the strip.
Deborah gave Nathan a flirty little look. “I like the sound of that.”
“If we’re taking requests, I vote karaoke,” Caroline said.
“Oh no. Not after last time,” I swore.
It was bad enough that Columbus’s spooks called me the karaoke vampire. I had no desire for that name to follow me to the other side of the country.
Nathan smirked into the rearview mirror. “Now we’re talking.”
A loud sigh escaped me as I slid down in my seat. “Suit yourself.”
It wasn’t like anything I said could stop the madness train anyway. Might as well join it.
Nathan reached over and patted my thigh. “Don’t worry, grumpy. I’ll make sure you have a great time.”
That was what I was afraid of.
It didn’t take long to reach the strip. All too soon we were driving past the glittering lights and busy streets as we made our way to the Bellagio, where a pair of nymphs were playing in the hotel’s iconic fountain. Invisible to the throngs of humans streaming by.
Nathan pulled into the hotel’s entrance and parked his SUV in front of the valet stand before climbing out.
“Silver lining—at least we’re not footing the bill for this,” Caroline said.
“That’s good, because I doubt that we could afford even a portion of whatever it is Nathan has planned.”
Caroline shoved open her door. “Then it’s definitely for the best we’re not paying.”
Reluctantly, I followed.
Nathan tossed his keys to the valet. “Park her somewhere nice. Or don’t. She’s not mine.”
The rest of the wolves arrived a second later. They filed out of their vehicle in an orderly fashion as Nathan sauntered into the hotel like he owned the place. The rest of us trailed behind him like lost little ducklings.
Catching up to us, Sondra fell in step with me. “Is this wise?”
I huffed out a laugh. “Definitely not.”
But like I’d told Caroline, there wasn’t much choice.
“That’s what I thought,” Sondra murmured.
