“You’ve got it, boss.” She laughed, and it lightened the guilt I felt for drinking so much.
We stepped onto the elevator and rode the short ride down to our floor, her hands still on me. I should have been embarrassed, but I also considered myself lucky to have her hands on me. The only person who had seen me this drunk was Kevin. But Sadie didn’t make me feel bad about it, even as I stumbled over my own feet down the hall to our room.
Outside our room, she steadied me against the wall as she fished out the room key from her clutch.
“You really do look beautiful tonight,” I slurred.
She looked up at me and let out a little laugh.
“Easy there, Romeo. Are you sure you can even see straight?”
“There’s actually three of you. It’s a dream come true,” I joked, even though it wasn’t far off from what I was seeing through my liquored up eyes.
“I think you need to lie down.” She rolled her eyes playfully.
I swayed slightly. She was probably right. She held the keycard to the door before steadying me by slinging my arm around her shoulders. I laid my face against the top of her head as she led me through the door.
“You smell good,” I said into her hair.
“It’s the fancy hotel shampoo,” she said.
“Nah. It’s your perfume. You’re like a warm sugar cookie.”
She laughed and led me through the living room and to the bedroom.
“Sit,” she said, unhooking me from around her shoulders and guiding me to the foot of the bed. I eased myself onto it and laid back against the plush duvet cover.
“Or lay.” She stood overtop me and looked me over like she was trying to assess what to do with me. I put my hands behind my head and grinned deviously.
“Jeremiah, you are something else. I’ll tell you that much.”
I laughed out loud before growing serious, my eyes trailing up the curves of her little black dress to the nape of her exposed neck to the loose tendrils of hair that kissed her perfect face.
“And you, Sadie, are beautiful.”
She sucked in a breath and looked as if she was about to say something, but instead she seemed to think better of it. She looked away quickly as she kneeled at the foot of the bed and tugged my shoes off. She stood and next helped me out of my jacket before scooching me back on the bed and sliding the covers over me.
“I’m going to get you some water and some Advil to help ward off the hangover you’re sure to have in the morning. You have to be ready for your big meeting.”
I groaned and buried my head deeper into the cloud of a pillow. Sadie was back in a minute with a large glass of water and two liquid gels.
“Sit up,” she said.
“Well, aren’t you bossy?” I propped myself up on my elbows.
“I learned from the best.” She handed me the water and two pills before sitting on the edge of the bed.
I popped the pills in my mouth and chugged the entire glass of water before lying back down. She reached over and ran her hand through my hair gently before cupping my cheek with the softness of her palm. I nuzzled my face further into it, and looked up at her gratefully.
“Get some sleep, bossman.”
I smiled, thinking it sounded a hell of a lot better than bosshole.
She stood from the bed and walked to the bathroom, leaving the door open just a crack. Through it, I watched as she washed her face and pulled her hair out from the topknot, her hair falling in long waves. She ran her fingers through it as she hummed a quiet tune to herself. I fell asleep to the music, thinking she was the most beautiful woman on the planet.
Chapter 21
Sadie
