Page 76 of Tame Me

I cleared my throat. “It was a quiet night.”

“Is that good or bad?” Romana asked, her smile broader than it’d been moments ago.

“Well, a quiet night means the hotel is running smoothly. So, I guess it’s a good thing.”

“Good answer.”

I frowned at Richard’s response.

He put his hands together and leaned forward on his elbows. “We’ve transferred John to another hotel, and?—”

“What? When?”

“Effective immediately,” Romana said.

“Why?” I frowned on the outside, but inside me, I did my best dance moves ever.

“We’ve received several complaints about him.” Richard nodded at the other two ladies, and they nodded in return. “And quite frankly, after we spoke to you, we decided he was detrimental to the quality of our hotel.”

I swallowed and glanced around at them. “What’s going to happen to him?”

“We offered him a . . .” he looked to the ceiling as if searching for the perfect word. “Different position in our Tweed Heads hotel, however he declined.”

“Oh.” I had no idea what to say.

“So, as we’ve had such glowing reports about you in our guest surveys, we’d like to offer you John’s position as hotel manager.”

I covered my mouth and blinked at them, hardly able to believe my wish had come true. “Yes! I mean, oh my gosh. That’s amazing.”

“We thought you’d be pleased.”

“But . . .” My heart slammed into my chest at what I was about to say.

“Yes?” Brandi said.

“I’d like to make a request.”

“Of course.”

I swallowed. “I’d like to have at least one day off on the weekend.”

Brandi chuckled, and soon Romana and Richard chuckled too, and I had no idea if I’d blown the one and only promotion opportunity I’d ever had.

Finally, they stopped, and Richard tapped his hand on the table. “As the hotel manager, you will be in charge of the roster. You’ll be the one deciding who has what days off.”

I wanted to cry. I wanted to get up on the table and break out my fancy moves. I wanted to scream from the penthouse rooftop. This was the best outcome I could ever have asked for.

Tears of joy stung my eyes, and I forced them back. “In that case, I am truly honored that you’ve chosen me to look after your beautiful hotel. I accept and know in my heart that I won’t let you down.”

“We know you won’t.” Richard leaned forward to shake my hand. “Congratulations. From the surveys we’ve read, you deserve this one hundred percent.”

Brandi stood, as did Romana, and both the women shook my hand, too.

A bell tinkled outside, and Romana held up a finger. “Excuse me for a moment.” She strode to the boardroom door and walked out.

“So, let’s get down to business, shall we?” Richard said as Brandi sat back down. “What we’d like to do is give you Sunday night off, full pay of course, and ask that you start in your new position on Monday.”

Oh my god. Could this day get any better? “Sounds good to me.”

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