ATHENA

"Is he asleep?" Alex asks, his voice low and surprisingly gentle.

I nod, brushing Rayen's hair back one last time before zipping up the side of his tent.

"Out like a light. Thanks to all the singing we did!" I throw him a pointed look.

But instead of responding, he smiles, and I swear I feel my ovaries shift.

It should be illegal for your enemy to look this good!

The fake forest around us is finally quiet. A few kids are still whispering in their tents, giggling under their fairy light strings, but for the most part, the fantasy campsite is winding down.

The parents, according to the schedule, are supposed to sleep in nearby guest rooms so the kids could feel independent but still stay safe.

I straighten and stretch my back, wincing slightly.

"Where am I sleeping?"

"We need to check the list," Alex replies, pulling out his phone and scrolling through something.

"Please don't tell me you're the one who made the list."

He gives me that maddening look, the one where he pretends to be innocent but already knows he's done something outrageous.

"I delegated."

"To who? Satan?"

"Close enough."

I groan.

"Well?" I press, crossing my arms as he looks at me with a serious face. But he

can't fool me, I can see his eyes dancing in excitement.

"You're in Room 207." He says.

you?" I ask with

"207."

mouth to keep myself from

tricks on me. Can you believe I

once. "That's

flatter in my chest after he has called me

in... 207...the same

deepens.

I blink.

how room assignments

it's a double. Two

"There

"But Anna thought it would

hell is Anna?"I mutter, folding

"Rayen's teacher?"

is Mary.

forget names easily." He places his hands in his pockets while fixing that stupid gaze

that he smells and looks so good even after the kids play around with his face and his white shirt is covered in

my eyes. "You planned

his heart,

eyes so hard I'm worried they might stick.

mix-up with a wedding party. We're lucky we

three years. Your hotels never host weddings. You always said they're too

changed, my love" he says, leaning in just slightly, "So, here

make you uncomfortable. You'll have

"Dramatic much?"

"He

it twists in my

don't

you. But being ear you, even if it's just in silence,

I freeze.

"I just want a chance to prove that

and I desperately want

be yout man. "n

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