Two Can Play (Celeste and Dominic) novel Chapter 665

TASHA

I woke to sunlight across the pillow. Then I stretched, one long, luxurious pull from my fingertips down to my toes, and something in my back popped with a satisfaction that almost made me laugh.

Until I picked up my phone.

There was a message from Daniel, sent at half past midnight, after I'd already gone under.

"Booked for today. Different identity. The Bellhaven, room 314."

I read it twice and the relief hit me so hard my eyes stung.

The entire morning belonged to Scarlett. So, I intended to sit with her, feed her, let her fuss over me, and then use the exact same fitness trainer excuse I'd used yesterday, walk out at a reasonable hour, and finally get that chip into Big Bryan's phone. Today. Determined did not begin to cover it. Today, I was going to do it if I had to crawl into his pocket myself.

I got up, made myself breakfast, and carried a plate out to Shaun, who took it with the expression of a man being handed a live bird.

"You didn't have to do this."

"You're guarding me all day. You might as well eat."

He ate it in about four minutes flat, which told me more about him than any conversation had.

Then I showered, and the cooking had already cost me time, because it was past nine by the time I stood in front of the wardrobe with a towel around me, deciding what to wear to the hospital and then later to the monster's den in the same day.

My phone rang.

The screen said *Monster*, and my heart launched itself into my throat. I'd saved him under that name and every single time it lit up, my stomach dropped like the floor had opened. I wanted it to be a text. I wanted it to be anything but his voice.

It rang again. I answered.

"Listen carefully." No greeting, no preamble. "You have a client booked for today and you're due at his room in one hour. Which means you're at my door in thirty minutes so you can be at his on time. Lateness means punishment, and I don't care how pretty you cry."

"In one hour?" My voice came out too high. "But I have plans this morning. I already arranged everything. It's supposed to be in the evening."

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