With her eyes closed, Sarah rested her head on Dan's shoulder as the stewardess pushed the drink cart down the aisle. "I can't believe we are actually getting away."
"Yeah, it's nice. Feels like things are actually going our way for once. Even if it is just a short work trip," Dan flipped through the magazine he had grabbed at the airport kiosk. Walt had asked him to meet with the Lincoln Group at their Minneapolis office.
Minneapolis in the fall wasn't his first choice for a vacation destination but the fact that the hotel and his flight were covered made it easier. All they'd had to do was pay for a cheap ticket for Sarah, enabling her to tag along. The plan was for him to try to attend a couple of meetings and resolve things quickly so he could spend a fair amount of his time with Sarah. Luckily her parents had wanted to take the girls, otherwise, this trip would never have happened.
Sarah wrapped her arms around his arm and encircled his fingers with hers. "So, what's the plan when we land? You go take care of business things while I wait alone in the hotel room, dressed in my sexy lingerie?"
Even as he pretended to be engrossed in the magazine, she was still able to drive him crazy.
"Or I could just skip out on all the business things and spend a few days in our hotel room with you." Dan closed the magazine, realizing the conversation was too distracting for him to comprehend anything.
Sarah opened her eyes and sat up. She adjusted the collar on his shirt. "As much as I would love that. Especially getting alone time with you, without anyone else around.... I am guessing that would be frowned upon by your work."
Dan shrugged. "Who knows, maybe Jesse will hit it out of the park and handle all the meetings on his own."
"Jesse...he's the one who keeps dropping the ball?" Sarah asked. "He's on the trip, too?"
"Yeah." Dan said, rolling his eyes. "Walt still wants me to teach him the ropes and keep an eye on things. He is supposed to be my backup and just to show that we have more than one person working on their account."
"Well, I just hope he doesn't mess anything up for you. I don't want you stressed out while we are out and about."
The rest of the flight was uneventful. Dan and Sarah deboarded and grabbed an Uber to the hotel. Dan did notice the Uber driver trying to catch glimpses of Sarah in his rearview mirror several times.
When they arrived at the hotel, Dan was a little taken aback by how luxurious it looked. He knew that the team at the Lincoln Group had recommended it to Walt. It was close to their office and there weren't many other hotels nearby. Walt had probably felt obliged to take their recommendation and hadn't wanted them to perceive his firm's financial hardships by booking Dan and Jesse elsewhere.
After catching the Uber driver taking one last eyeful of Sarah's sweet ass, Dan grabbed their bags out of the trunk, and the couple went inside to check in.
"Hi, checking in, Dan Williams," Dan said, laying his driver's license and Visa card on the counter while he waited for the young receptionist to pull up his reservation.
"Thank you, Mr. Williams." The woman clicked her mouse a few times, smiled and extended a keycard toward him. "It looks like you are all set, your partner checked in earlier."
Dan shared a confused look with Sarah, who shrugged. "Partner?"
"Yes," the receptionist said, still holding out the keycard. "A Jesse Thompson. Two queen beds."
"There must be some mistake, can you check again?" Dan asked.
After a few minutes, the receptionist confirmed that her information was accurate. Dan's firm had only booked one room for Jesse and Dan to share.
"This is ridiculous," Dan said as he pinched the bridge of his nose. He was holding his phone up to his ear, waiting to get connected to the lady at his company who did their travel booking. Meanwhile, Sarah asked about booking an additional room but was told that the hotel was at capacity.
After a brief exchange, he regrouped with Sarah who was holding the keycard from the receptionist. "Yep, those cheapskates booked us in the same room. God, I don't know what to do."
Sarah placed a calming hand on his chest. "We'll figure it out. Sure, this might put a damper on all the sexy underwear I brought along, but we'll make it work. Besides, once you're all done with your meetings, we'll spend most of the time out of the hotel room anyways."
Dan sighed and nodded. This was nothing like what he had planned. The couple rode the elevator up to their room. With a sharp intake of breath, Dan opened the door with the keycard.
Aside from the suitcase hastily thrown on the chair in the corner, there was no sign of Jesse to be found. Dan opened his phone and sent Jesse a message as he got ready to head over to the office. Sarah started to organize their things and settle in.
Thirty minutes later, Dan was dressed and ready to go. He checked his phone, still no response from Jesse.
Typical.
"Alright, hon, I'm heading out," Dan said to the closed bathroom door. After a few seconds of silence, Sarah opened it looking absolutely stunning. She smiled as he had trouble picking his jaw off the floor.
"Ugh," Dan was flabbergasted. "And what, er, where are you going?"
"Well, I figured I'm not going to just stay here in the hotel room and wait for you. I'm going to go down to the nice restaurant downstairs and wait at the bar until someone tries to pick me up." She smiled devilishly.
Dan shook his head, trying to get his brain to work. "You what?"
"I need to find someone to keep me entertained while you are gone. After all, you're leaving your poor wife all alone in a strange city..." she said, looking at him with her sexy bedroom eyes.
When it was clear that Dan couldn't put a coherent thought together, she laughed and gently slapped him on the arm. "Relax, killer, I'm just trying to decide which outfit to wear tonight when you take me out to dinner."
Dan exhaled. "That sounds good. I can't wait. You had me going there for a second." "I always do," she winked at him and went back to looking over her outfit. "You be safe, okay?"
"I always am," Dan said as he leaned forward and kissed Sarah before heading out of the hotel room.
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A few hours later, Sarah received a text message from Dan.
> Hey, so the lead guy here wants to keep going over things. He suggested dinner at a place near the hotel. I know this sucks and isn't what we planned. Are you game to come? Jesse just ghosted today, I could use some backup at dinner.
