Page 54 of Tasty Cherry

Ilsa’s eyes narrow, like she also suspects something.

When we get in the hall, Raya approaches us in the corridor.

“Are you stealing my intern?” she asks.

“Mila has been on the front desk dealing with problems all week. I thought she should experience one of the more delicate situations.”

Raya’s face scrunches. “One of the suites?”

He nods. “Thought I should bring a woman with me.”

“Okay.” She looks at me. “Be discreet.”

“Absolutely.” Now my curiosity is huge.

We cut through the kitchen to a service hall that follows the back side of the haunted wing. There’s a door to the old-fashioned Wild West-style haunted saloon, where the bartender wears a period costume.

Then a long service corridor connects to the secure section of the haunted wing, where the suites are. I’ve never been this far, and my belly buzzes with excitement that I might see the sex dungeon.

Sebastian scans us into a small private lobby with a secondary elevator. There’s a security desk here, but it’s currently unmanned.

“Do you have a guard posted here?”

“Only if there’s a party,” Sebastian says, leading us through another secure door into a short hall. “We also check in guests who don’t want to come through the main entrance.”

“Like who?”

“Celebrities. Public figures. Billionaires.”

“Am I about to meet a billionaire?”

He grins. “Tempted?”

“Nope.”

We grin at each other as we approach a room with the sign “Suite of the Dead.”

“This isn’t the sex dungeon,” he says. “It’s just a playroom.” He draws in a deep breath. “But it does have some, well, features. The woman who contacted us can’t come to the door, but she managed to call the front desk requesting help. She’s handcuffed to the wall.”

“Handcuffed to a wall? Was she kidnapped?”

“No. More like…wanted to be.”

“Oh.”

“You ready?”

I’m not sure how you get ready to encounter someone handcuffed to a wall, but I nod.

He unlocks the door. “Hello? It’s the manager and a female assistant. Is there one of us you prefer?”

A high, strained voice comes from deep inside the darkened interior. “I’d like the girl, if that’s okay.”

He nods at me. “I had a feeling. Come right back if there’s anything you can’t handle.”

Oh, wow. Okay.

I push the door wider and slide through the gap, mostly closing it but not letting it latch.

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