“Exactly,” Hunter said. “Nothing you haven’t done before. I could have sent you an email.”
“Why didn’t you?” she asked, her eyebrows rising.
“Because then I wouldn’t be able to lecture you to stop working so much. You don’t need to be here for this on Saturday.”
“I’ll want to make sure it’s just right.”
It was her job to ensure that the image of the hotel was pristine. That reviews were excellent and that any issues were taken care of.
Sure, she had staff under her dealing with day-to-day occurrences, but she oversaw it all and wanted to be informed of everything, major or not.
“It’s always just right,” Hunter said. “The next few months will pick up as usual. I want to make sure you’re getting time off and not burning out on me. I need you here then, not so much now.”
She grinned. “I’m not burning out.”
“It’s easy to do. I know,” Hunter said, his head at an angle that said not to argue.
“I’ll look at my schedule and plan some time off, I promise.”
“You see that you do,” Hunter said firmly.
Only then it would mean sitting alone in her apartment.
3
CATCHING UP
It’d been two days at the retreat. Arik was settling in and keeping busy.
Driving around the island, finding things to do, enjoying the views, and spending time looking at the stock market day trading.
Not something he wanted to make a career out of, but it kept his mind busy while he worked out other things.
Those things being Natalie, whom he hadn’t seen or heard from.
One of them had to make the first move and it might as well be him.
He went to the front desk and stood in line. Not that busy. Check-out time was ten and it was eleven now. People wouldn’t be checking in until two.
“Can I help you?” one worker asked.
“Is Natalie Bond in?”
“Is there a problem I can help you with?”
“No problem,” he said, sending her a friendly smile. “Just an old friend. I ran into her a few days ago and thought I’d see if she was around.”
“Sure. Hang on, please.” He turned and looked around the lobby. The place was massive and stunning. He could understand why many would come here for a wedding. The pictures he’d seen online didn’t do it justice and those had been gorgeous. “She’ll be out in a minute.”
“Thanks,” he said. They hadn’t even asked his name, just said there was someone up here requesting her.
Wonder if she came every time someone called for her.
Talk about annoying.
Though she wouldn’t have easily come up for him then.
He moved over to sit in one of the comfy chairs to wait.
