“I couldn’t agree more.”
They sipped their drinks and talked about plans for the following day.
When Dino finished his port, he said, “I think I’ll call it a night. Unless you desire a chaperone.”
“Good night, Dino,” Stone said.
“I wasn’t talking to you.”
Tamlyn covered her grin with her hand. “I appreciate the offer, but I should be able to defend my honor on my own.”
“Then I bid you good night,” Dino said and headed to his room.
Once they were alone, Tamlyn said, “It’s obvious you two have known each other for a long time.”
“He was my partner when I was on the force.”
“You were a police officer?” she asked, surprised.
“For fourteen years.”
“You left to go to law school?”
“I left because a faction in the NYPD decided it was time for me to retire. Law school happened before I joined the police. I didn’t take the bar until after, when I needed to find a new way to support myself.”
“Seems you landed on your feet.”
“I’d say things have worked out okay.” Noticing that she was almost finished with her port, he said, “Would you like another?”
“I think one’s enough for tonight.”
“Then let me show you to your room.”
He took her upstairs to the guest room that had been prepared for her and led her inside.
He motioned at a door to the left. “Your walk-in closet, where you’ll find robes and slippers.” He then pointed at the door on the right. “And that’s your en suite, with shower and tub.”
“This is so much nicer than my friend’s guest room where I’d been planning on staying. One question, though.”
“Yes?”
“Where isyourroom?”
“Ah. I can show you that, too, if you’d like.”
“Please.”
He led her back into the hallway and to the door opposite the guest suite, which he then opened.
She raised an eyebrow. “How convenient.”
“Is it? I hadn’t noticed.”
She brushed past him into his suite and looked around.
“There aretwobathrooms?”
“I find it more efficient.”
