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Brooklyn: A kitchen staffer walked in on them in the deep freeze!

I let out a strangled cry of disbelief. The deep freeze?

Brooklyn: I can’t do this anymore!

The last message was only a minute ago.

I quickly tap out, Where are you?

Sebastian comes up behind me. “Everything okay?”

“Apparently, Chef Monique and Maverick got caught having sex in the deep freeze.”

Now he’s the shocked one. “The deep freeze?”

“We got the better location.”

Sebastian runs his hands through his hair. “Jesus. Can’t anybody in this hotel keep their pants on?”

“We are just as guilty.”

“I know. I know.”

Brooklyn: My room. I left my shift. I don’t care. I’m packing.

“Brooklyn’s going to quit. I have to go.”

“Definitely. I’ll tell Trey there’s an issue you have to handle.”

“No. I’ll do it. He doesn’t need to know you are keeping tabs on me. This is one of those moments where it’s important to be apart.”

He nods. “You’re right.”

I stand on tiptoe and kiss his cheek. “See you later?”

“Okay. Keep me posted.”

I’m almost out the door when he calls out, “Mila?”

I turn around.

He holds out my ID badge. “Don’t leave this.”

God. That would have been hard to explain. “Thank you.”

I snatch it and take off down the hall, feeling the damp base of my head. I release the hair clip to hide the wet parts.

This is a hot mess of a situation all around.

There must be an aphrodisiac in the water of Boulder, Colorado.

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SEBASTIAN

Imake it back to my office to find three people already there.

“And where the hell have you been?” Raya demands. “While half the staff is at each other’s throats?”