Chapter 1
Hannah

I have a big secret.

At college, I’m a popular girl. I have many friends and enjoy the number of guys who ask me for my number. My friends say I’m loyal. Guys call me pretty. My grades are good, and since I’m constantly smiling, my friends will never discover my secret.

But the truth?

I’m eighteen, dirt poor, and struggling.

I can only afford my living expenses because I’m working full-time while also attending college. I barely have enough time to study, but I’m somehow managing.

Sure, I might hit a wall from working my ass off as a housekeeper at a hotel at some point. But what is a girl to do?

I need money and hate to ask for help, so I put on a show in front of my friends. I pretend I’m fine and without problems so they won’t worry about me, but my life is anything but perfect.

My parents avoid me like the plague and are too busy with their careers to call or try to see me. They both work abroad, and I half-suspect they are avoiding each other since all my parents do when they see each other is yell at each other.

I have a suspicion they are about to fill in for a divorce. And their relationship has made me think love is nothing but an illusion. But who needs love anyway? Not me.

With tired eyes, I push my cart forward. I round a corner while looking down at the list of rooms I have to clean before my shift ends.

Most of the rooms are enormous, and it takes time to get them ready for a new guest, but there is only one room to clean on this floor.

The problem? It’s one of the most expensive rooms we have, and it will take me at least an hour to clean it.

I groan in frustration even before opening the door with my card key. The electric lock lights up green, and I enter the room backward, dragging my heavy cart after me.

I then turn around and immediately realize something is wrong. This room is supposed to be empty, but a tall naked man stands with his muscular, sinewy back turned against me. He has brown short hair, and impossibly broad shoulders.

And he is humming a Taylor Swift tune! I almost choke when he shakes his glorious thick ass to the song. I shouldn’t look, but it turns out I’m a bigger sinner than I thought!

I’m not staring; I’m gawking!

That rump is what wet dreams are made of!

room shouldn’t have someone

at the paper, gasping, when I realize

hums, definitely

is now standing in front of me naked, and he has that kind of deep-set

sight before me, and I trip over my shoes, hitting my head against my cart. I swear I

the other topples over my

okay?” He is trying to sound worried, but there is

bitterly, and then I fight like hell

how am I supposed to ignore

It’s huge!

And that six-pack?

Jesus Christ.

the guy smirks at me. My face burns, yet I

towel around his tapered waist. He then walks over to me, offering me his hand with amusement

I grab his hand and let him pull me back to

take a genuine interest in a man, but the one I find insanely attractive is the one I embarrass myself in

games with me, and while I know that I shouldn’t be looking at I

He is too gorgeous.

me guess,

he smiles at me, all dimples and delight on his face. I expect him to make a joke at my expense, but he collects the items which have fallen from my cart in silence. It’s odd seeing him help me since

I never act like this! I

for me to take. I

“T-thank you!”

a fool before quickly placing the items back into place. I then push my cart towards the door. I need to

full force, but it doesn’t move. I try to tackle it again, but the cart

chuckles above me. He is directly behind me and towering above me like a human skyscraper. “Do you need

then I saw him naked, and now, I can’t even get out of his room without

I bite my lower lip.

smiles at me with water dripping from his body, and I step away from

of the wheels

in amusement. “I doubt that is the

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