Page 66 of Undeniable Love
“Shit, Luce, I’m so sorry. I lost track of time and didn’t realize it wasn’t just a quick drive to get over here. You have to know I had every intention of getting here before you, but the day just got away from me.”
“Uh-huh…”
Grabbing her suitcase in one hand and his in the other, he said, “Let’s go.” He stormed over to the desk and watched as the girl standing behind it started smiling at him. Then she must have read his annoyance and immediately stiffened.
“Mr. Wylder, welcome,” she said formally. “It’s a pleasure to have you staying with us this weekend.”
Stepping up to the desk, he put the bags down and did his best to look polite but intimidating. “I’d like to speak to your manager please.”
“Yes, sir. Right away.” A minute later, she was back with a prissy little man in a suit.
“Good evening, Mr. Wylder. How may I be of assistance?”
“I would like to lodge a complaint,” he began evenly. “My girlfriend has been sitting here for an hour after being denied access to our room.”
“Her name wasn’t on the reservation,” the girl offered as her defense.
“And no one thought to maybe reach out to me?” he asked even as he realized that Lucy could have called him too. “I understand that her name wasn’t on the reservation, but you clearly saw the reservation was for two people. She had the reservation number or confirmation number or whatever you want to call it, and you denied her access. Tell me why I shouldn’t demand a refund right now and go down the beach to another resort?”
“Jax,” Lucy whispered softly. “It’s okay. It was only an hour. You don’t have to make a fuss.”
Glancing at her, he shook his head. “Too late.” Then he faced the manager and waited for his response.
“You’re right,” the man said after a moment. “We should have reached out to you if there were questions. I’m terribly sorry for the inconvenience. As an apology, dinner in the restaurant is on us tonight. Please. You’ll be our guests. Or we can have dinner brought up to your suite. Whichever you prefer.”
Jax turned to Lucy again. “Which would you prefer?”
Her eyes went wide. “Um…”
“The restaurant will be fine. Thank you.” With a curt nod, he added, “We’d like to go to our room now.”
“Of course! Let me get one of our bellmen to help you with your luggage!”
Five minutes later, they walked into a luxury suite and Jax stood back and watched as Lucy went to one balcony and then the other to admire the views.
“Holy crap! This is amazing!” she said, all smiles.
That’s when Jax knew they were almost back on track. Moving in close behind her, he wrapped his arms around her. “Yes, it is.” Pausing, he placed a soft kiss on the top of her head. “I really am sorry about being late. My plan was…”
Lucy twisted in his arms and faced him. “We’re good, Jax. Really. We only have the weekend and I don’t want to spend it rehashing something trivial. I’m fine.”
Relief washed over him as he lowered his head to kiss her properly. She met him halfway and it was a sweet kiss of reacquaintance before going deeper and a little more urgent. As if of one mind, they slowly made their way across the room toward the bedroom, reluctant to break apart. After banging into a second piece of furniture, Jax pulled back and scooped her up into his arms.
“This is faster,” he said with a wicked grin.
“Thank God! My legs were going to be black and blue if we kept going that way!”
The bedroom was massive and the bed had a mountain of pillows that were a total nuisance. But he gently placed Lucy down and then swiped them all onto the floor.
Giggling, she looked at him. “Wow. That was impressive. I thought for sure you would have knocked over the lamp.”
With a wolfish grin, Jax crawled up on the bed and over her. “The night’s still young. Anything’s possible.” Then he was kissing her again. Lucy wrapped herself around him and even though they knew they had dinner reservations in an hour, it didn’t matter. They both ached to be closer. Clothes slipped away and when all he could feel was her smooth, warm skin, he didn’t care if they ever left the room.
He wanted her.
Needed her.
Craved her.