Chapter 14

I glanced down at the address Damon had texted me and then back up to the building before me. The numbers matched, but I was pretty sure I was in the wrong place.

Ambrosia Royale was something straight out of a fairy tale. I couldn’t believe Damon lived here.

Unlike the Meridian, which was a casino built for the high class, Ambrosia Royale looked like a massive palace.

Stretching as far as the eye could see, the windows were lit up and the entire area was surrounded by greenery. Finely cut grass and topiaries and flower beds of every kind. It looked exactly like the kind of thing you’d see in a European castle.

There was even a gorgeous fountain with stone statue cupids out front.

This is where Damon wanted me to go?

Feeling very out of place, I sucked it up and took the long drive up to the entrance. When I got out, there was a man in a suit waiting out front.

“Welcome to Ambrosia Royale, a luxury casino. May I help you today?” the man asked in an accent. He was clearly not from around here.

“Uh, yeah. I’m here to see Damon Steyn,” I told him.

“Name, please?” the man asked.

“Adelaide Hildebrand,” I told him, quickly.

The man nodded once, “Oh, yes. Everything has been arranged, you may go right on up. Take the elevator straight up and you’ll be there. You can’t miss it.”

“Uh, thanks,” I said as the man nodded once and offered his hand out. I reluctantly handed over my keys and he took them gently, taking my car and parking it for me.

I climbed the stairs up to the entrance, holding onto the marble railings. I felt very much like a princess in a movie.

Ambrosia Royle was quiet- unlike every other casino, I’d been in. The man did say it was a luxury. casino and he was not kidding.

From floor to ceiling, everything was dripping with a luxurious atmosphere-even the games were quiet as men in suits and women in gorgeous dresses played. The sound of muted conversations filled the rooms.

It was actually more relaxing than I thought it would be. The pillars were carved, every inch detailed, and the floors were marble. Accents of gold showed up everywhere I looked. Gold was always the biggest sign of wealth.

to the man’s word, I spotted the elevator easily and pressed the

more than I got paid in a year. Must be his trust fund,

be like to be a trust fund

of the apartment. I tried the

my surprise, and very large. The flooring was the same marble, but there was

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air to the apartment that the downstairs

the place looked like

But here….

and drawings were on the walls. The fridge had magnets on it and random little items were scattered

sink, and he’d left the salt out on the counter.

way that was almost comforting to me. I could see how much time Damon spent here. I

a drafting table piled with unfinished work. Bookshelves filled to the brim with books-unsorted and uneven. There were so many, they were even piled on the

thinking about

reminded me of when we were teenagers.

room had always been what I called ‘controlled chaos.’ Everything was thrown around in a way that only

was relaxed on the couch-phone to his ear as he spoke rapidly into it. He looked serious like he was in the

to catch a few

and held out a finger. Give him a moment, I interpreted. I rolled

blueprint labeled ‘AD-Dream’. Even though I wasn’t the best at deciphering floorplans. I

was a house, or at least, the beginnings of a house.

something I had

claim as a child that I wanted my husband to build me a house. I

just a silly dream as a kid, but the floorplan before me looked just like I had

That would’ve been

“Sorry about that.”

through his stuff. Maybe he

him a grin, leaving

you’re not surprised,” Damon smiled,

we hated one another, we had always made a good team as children. We

I told him, the memory making me smile. “I know

with Damon for the science

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