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SAMMIE

I paced up and down the living room for the hundredth time, my heart thundering against my chest.

Romeo was going to lose his job and it was all my fault.

If I hadn’t asked him to recreate my bloody fantasy, he’d still have his career.

Or I could’ve at least remembered to close the front door. Victoria wouldn’t have opened it if it wasn’t already cracked.

Romeo shouldn’t have come to my villa. We’d said from the start that it was too risky to do anything on the grounds. But instead of being grateful that we hadn’t been caught, we got complacent.

And now Romeo had paid the ultimate price.

I checked my phone again. Romeo hadn’t replied to the dozens of texts I’d sent. He must still be with Victoria. I was desperate to find out what had happened. Then again, you didn’t need to be a genius to know that it wouldn’t be good.

Stella would know what to say to calm me down. I dialled her number.

‘Hey! How’s it going?’ she answered. ‘Enjoying your last full day?’

‘I was until me and Romeo got caught.’

‘Er, Sammie… sorry, I should’ve mentioned, Jasmine’s here – she and Alejandro came to London for the weekend and, er, you’re kind of on loudspeaker.’

‘Shit.’ My stomach bottomed out. Although I now considered Jasmine a friend, she was still part of the Love Hotel’s management and she’d warned me off getting involved with Romeo, so the last thing I wanted was for her to find out.

Then again, now that Victoria knew, it wouldn’t be long until the news travelled.

‘You and Romeo are involved?’ Jasmine said. I tried to read her tone, but I couldn’t. ‘Is it a fling or something more?’

‘More!’ I replied quickly.

‘And he feels the same?’

‘I’m pretty sure that he does. But we don’t know how to move things forward and it’s a shitstorm because Victoria walked in on us and’

‘Were you kissing?’ Stella asked.

‘He was eating me out whilst I sat on the edge of the pool…’ I said sheepishly. A flashback popped into my mind, sending a wave of desire zipping through my bloodstream.

‘Oh my God!’ Stella shouted. ‘Brilliant! That’s so much worse than what Jasmine saw when she walked in on me and Max.’

‘I shouldn’t laugh, but…’ Jasmine giggled.

‘You two!’ I scolded. ‘Now isn’t the time to joke about it. It’s too soon! Romeo could lose his job over this.’

‘Shit, sorry,’ Stella said. ‘Is there anything you can do, Jasmine?’

‘I’m not sure…’ Jasmine said. ‘Like I said from the start, they’ve relaxed the rules on employees, but with guests… I can speak to Victoria though.’

‘Thanks. I just hope that…’ There was a knock at the door. ‘Hold on a sec.’ I raced to the door, flung it open and when I saw Romeo, my heart bloomed. ‘Ladies, I better go. Romeo’s here.’

‘Good luck,’ Stella said. ‘Update us as soon as you can, okay?’

‘Will do.’ I hung up. ‘What happened? Did you get fired? I’m so sorry! I should never have’

‘It is okay.’ He wrapped his arms around me. ‘I did not get fired.’

‘Youdidn’t?’ My eyebrows shot up to the ceiling. ‘What did Victoria say?’