“Then tell him Ethan Vance is waiting at the front desk.”
The name hit them like ice water.
Within minutes, Robert Sterling, the hotel’s general manager, rushed into the lobby. The moment he saw Ethan, his posture collapsed.
“Mr. Vance… I had no idea you were arriving tonight.”
“That was the point,” Ethan said.
Robert tried to blame “administrative confusion.”
“It wasn’t confusion,” Ethan replied. “It was profiling.”
Lily stirred. “Daddy… are we at the room yet?”
“Almost, sweetheart.”
Lupita offered to escort them upstairs and bring warm milk. Lily looked at her and asked, “Can you carry my bunny too?”
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