Tempt Me in Vegas by Maureen Child

Author:Maureen Child [Child, Maureen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781488092299
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-10-01T15:52:23+00:00

Seven

In all the times Terri had checked into hotels over the years, she’d never really thought about the whole process. She’d never make that mistake again.

Debra Vitale was the assistant manager, a woman in her fifties who’d been with the StarFire hotel for twenty years. She knew everything there was to know about her job and was patient enough to explain it all to Terri.

Debra even walked her through signing in a couple of guests on her own and Terri laughed with the incoming guests, explaining that she was new. And, with the helpful champagne served to those in line, people were, on the most part, patient. When her last guest left the counter, Terri turned to Debra.

“This is a lot more complicated than I ever realized.”

“It really is,” Debra said, smiling. “But you did a great job.”

“I don’t know about that, but—”

Two desks down from Terri, Brent, the reservations clerk who had checked her into the hotel just a few days ago, was talking to a young couple.

“I’m very sorry,” he said apologetically. “We simply don’t have a record of your reservation.”

Terri’s gaze shifted to the couple, each of them holding an untouched glass of champagne. The woman was desperately trying not to cry while her husband—Terri assumed he was her husband—looked frustrated with just a touch of helplessness.

Curious now, Terri started walking over, not surprised when Debra went with her. “Is there a problem?”

“Ms. Ferguson.” He said her name like a prayer of gratitude. “There seems to be a mistake here somewhere.”

“Who are you?” the man on the other side of the counter asked.

“I’m Terri Ferguson, one of the owners of the StarFire.” Wow, she hadn’t stumbled on those words at all. “How can I help?”

Almost at the end of his rope, the young man said, “We have a reservation here for a junior suite for two nights.” He handed over a printout of his confirmation. While Terri read it, he kept talking. “We’re on our honeymoon. Staying here two nights before we fly to Hawaii...” He took a breath and said, “I don’t know why you don’t have a record of it, but—”

Terri looked from him to the bride at his side and back again. Honeymooners. A twinge of sympathy grabbed her, then she asked Brent, “Have you checked everywhere?”

“Yes, ma’am, I have,” he said and Terri still didn’t like the sound of ma’am. “There’s no record of it and—” he lowered his voice “—we don’t have any junior suites available. They’re all booked.”

The lobby and casino were loud, as usual, but all Terri could hear was the quiet sniff of the bride as she fought back tears of disappointment. She knew that Brent and Debra were both watching her, to see how she handled this crisis, so Terri jumped right in.

“Okay,” she said, “have we got suites available on the VIP floors?”

Brent’s eyes widened, then as he understood where she was going with this, a slow smile curved his mouth until he was grinning at her.

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