Chapter 3:

The First Invitation

The next morning my supervisor gave me a strange look when she handed me the assignment sheet. “Room 1407 again. Mr. Lucian specifically requested you. He said no one else touches his suite from now on. Do you know why that is, Hazel?”

I felt my cheeks warm. “I am not sure, Ms. Vesper. Maybe he just likes how I fold the towels.”

She raised an eyebrow but said nothing more. I pushed my cart down the fourteenth floor with my heart already beating faster. When I reached his door, I knocked firmly. “Housekeeping, Lucian.”

“Come in, Hazel,” his deep voice called from inside.

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