Sweet Flash Marriage with the Restrained Tycoon (Isabelle and Damien) novel Chapter 845

Chapter 845 Mosquito Bites

He hadn’t picked up when they called that morning, either,

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By the time Dolores arrived, Darren and Nora were already there. Nora was helping keep an eye on the kids, while Darren and Claudia were deep in conversation.

They kept talking until noon, when room service arrived–courtesy of Harvey’s arrangement.

Not long after the food was delivered, Harvey walked in. His mood was clearly off. The moment he entered, his eyes landed on Dolores, who immediately looked down and focused on her plate.

Claudia noticed Harvey’s expression but didn’t dare ask.

After last night’s dream, she already felt awkward enough around him; now, just seeing him put her on edge. She couldn’t shake the urge to figure out who Harvey actually liked.

He sat down right across from Dolores, looking exhausted, and gave her a look that said she was in trouble

Darren spotted two red marks on Harvey’s neck and asked, “Mr. Cross, what happened there–mosquito bites?”

If it weren’t for the slight swelling, they almost looked like hickeys.

“Yeah,” Harvey replied flatly, his gaze still fixed on Dolores. “I stepped out last night, and when I came back, someone had deadbolted the door from the inside. Since the hotel was fully booked, I ended up at some rundown motel nearby.”

Dolores choked on her food, coughing a few times before quickly reaching for her water.

Everyone else glanced between the two of them.

“Some assistant you are,” Harvey went on, irritation sharp in his voice. “You turn off your phone, sleep in your boss‘ suite, and leave him to crash at a motel.”

Darren couldn’t hold back a slight smile. Claudia bit her lip to keep from laughing. Only Dolores looked genuinely worried.

She’d been working for him for a while now, but this was the first time he’d ever stared her down while calling her out. If last night was an accident, what about today?

The night before, Harvey had tried to return to his room to sleep, only to find Dolores had latched the deadbolt. He’d called her phone, but it was off. He didn’t want to squeeze into Howard’s room–it was way too cramped—so he went down to the front desk to book another room. No vacancies.

He tried a nearby hotel, but they were full too. With the chamber of commerce event in town, practically every place was booked up.

Feeling like he’d been left out on the street, he finally stumbled into some random motel.

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Chapter 845 Mosquito Bites

Howard’s and squeezing in after all, but then his phone died.

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In the end, he dug out some spare change from when he’d taken Zander out earlier and used it to pay for the room.

He got the key, but sleep never came. A single mosquito in the room kept buzzing around his head all night, leaving him with two fresh bites by morning.

He’d never felt so humiliated in his life. And from yesterday right through today, it was all because of Dolores.

Dolores put on a pitiful look. “I’m sorry, Mr. Cross. I wasn’t thinking last night. Please don’t dock my pay- there’s barely anything left to dock anyway, and then I’d end up owing you. That just… wouldn’t be right

“Then what would be right?” Harvey kept his eyes locked on her. She had some nerve, bargaining at a time

like this.

She offered a weak smile.

Around the table, the others were quietly amused but didn’t dare speak up.

Dolores glanced at them. “You can’t put all the blame on me…”

“So it’s my fault?” Harvey scratched lightly at the bites on his neck.

“If it’s not, whose is it? You were… barely dressed in the middle of the night…” Messing with my head, making me slide the deadbolt without even thinking.

“Enough!” Harvey’s ears flushed bright red.

Claudia and Darren suddenly felt like they’d overheard something they shouldn’t have.

Harvey was seriously annoyed with her now.

Dolores lowered her voice. “Then don’t dock my pay. Staying angry isn’t good for your health.”

Harvey couldn’t even win the argument. She’d managed to get the upper hand.

She actually had the nerve to bring up last night!

Harvey wanted to retaliate, but he couldn’t do it openly.

Just when everyone thought the matter was over, Zander spoke up.

“Uncle, what does ‘barely dressed‘ mean?”

Claudia quickly stuffed a dinner roll into his mouth. “Grown–ups are talking. No interrupting.”

“Oh…” Zander went quiet immediately.

Harvey felt like banging his head against the wall.

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