“Do you want to find out?”I questioned, ready to blow my cover just to prove her wrong.
“Not really.”
“That’s what I thought.”
I nodded toward the driver, and he quickly grabbed our bags, shoving them into the trunk of the cab while we climbed into the back seat.
“Where are we staying?”Ella questioned, checking her email as she sat beside me.
“I got us a two-bedroom suite at the Palazzo.Figured it was better than staying with my mother.”
I sat back in the cab and waited for the driver to pull away from the curb and take us over to the hotel.
“Why aren’t we staying with your mother?”Ella questioned.
I couldn’t help but chuckle.“You don’t know what my mother is like now that she’s moved out here.”I winked.
“I don’t have to.It’s your mother.I’m sure she is still the loving woman she always was.”
“That’s right, that is what you remember, but believe me, she changed, and it is my mother.Trust me, sweetheart, you’ll be happier in the suite.”I winked.
Ella elbowed me in the side as the cab pulled away, and when I looked down at her, she grinned up at me.
“Lucas, again, you should be ashamed of yourself.”
I couldn’t help but burst into laughter.“Okay, but you’ll see.”
Half an hour later, we stepped into the suite at The Palazzo.I watched as Ella walked inside and looked around at the room and then checked out the two bedrooms while I paid the bellhop for delivering our bags.Then I shut the door, leaving the two of us alone.
“Well?”I questioned, slipping my shoes off and heading toward the couch to make myself comfortable after being squished in the plane and in the back of the cab.
“It’s amazing!”she said, making her way over to the window and taking in the view.“Can I have that room?”she questioned, pointing at the one on the right.“It has an amazing bathtub, and you know how much I love taking baths.”
“You can have it,” I said, putting my feet up on the end of the couch and lying down, flipping the TV on to catch the sports news.
“Thanks,” she said, running her hand along the mini bar.“Want a drink?”
“Sure, I’ll have water,” I said.
“Water?You aren’t playing this weekend?”
“Nope, but I’m also not drinking.I have tests that need to be completed when I get back so I can get my knee looked at, and if I need any type of surgery, I’ll heal faster if I look after myself.”
I glanced over at Ella, who was bent over, looking in the little fridge.She still had that perfect round ass, one that I’d never been able to keep my hands off.I wished I didn’t need to now, I thought as I quickly adjusted myself before she turned around.
“Have whatever you want.Don’t let me stop you,” I said.
“Really?You sure?”
“I’m sure, cupcake,” I said.“No need to worry about the cost, either.Take whatever your heart desires.”
Within a couple of minutes, Ella held a bottle of water out to me and then sat down on the table in front of me with her glass of wine.
“So, I think we need to sort out a few details, don’t you?”she questioned, taking a drink.
“About?”I was paying more attention to what was being said about me on the news regarding my injury than to her.
“About us?”
