What the hell?
“Get off me!” she yelled, but struggling did no good. The man had pinned her between the bed and his body.
And he’d replaced the arm circling her throat with something hard and sharp. A knife.
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As soon as she took another step, the jackass swooped in behind her. Then he whipped an arm around her waist and another across her neck.
Alarm bells jangled in her head, sending a tsunami of shock waves through her.
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She padded toward the bed where the worker had opened a box of chocolates. It also contained a compartment of red rose petals and another with something else. Black and woolly looking. Coiled up like a snake.
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Maybe he was new.
Okay, now I’m annoyed. Tired of humoring this weirdo. Just wanted to get her shower in before Eric returned. Her skin itched and smelled like sex.
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“Sure. Knock yourself out,” she finally said. “I’ll be in the shower.”
With the peekaboo panel closed, obviously.
“Oh, before you do, please come choose your flavor of chocolate.” His voice sounded strange. Kind of flat.
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Maybe there’d been a mix-up with another room. Why not take advantage of it? After she showered and enjoyed those drinks with Eric, they could do it again on a bed of rose petals.
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Strange. They’d been here two days already, and this was the first time anyone had offered turndown service. The place couldn’t bring her a lousy drink but could make her bed twice a day?
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The guy glanced at the tangle of white sheets across the room. “Of course. When I’m finished, your bed will be covered in crimson.”
A little chill snaked down her spine. Must be the sweat drying.
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Then she remembered the female workers here wore white shirts and the guys wore black ones.
“Uh, sure,” Mandy replied. “Does it include rose petals?”
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The person’s resort uniform, which included a billed cap and loose black shirt sporting a flamingo-rainbow icon, didn’t tell her much, either.
This place catered to non-traditional couples, so who knew?
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She stepped toward the door. “Yes?”
“Turndown service,” the worker replied.
Isn’t it a little early for that?
She couldn’t tell whether the voice was a man’s or woman’s. And didn’t much care. She opened the door.
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“Did you forget your room key, hon’?” she called out.
“Housekeeping,” a voice said instead.
Mandy rolled her eyes. She still had the bathrobe on, so she may as well see what the person wanted.
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