Part 10
446 Words
TEN
After five minutes of waiting, Gaia was furious. After fifteen, she was livid. By thirty-seven, she wasn't entirely sure what she was any more, but a strange slapping sound distracted her.
A bloke wearing nothing but soaking wet board shorts, water cascading down his ripped body like he'd just stepped from the ocean, ambled up to the reception desk. His wet feet slapped on the tiles with every step. He pointed at his wristband, which looked just like the one Gaia now wore. "What's the emergency?" he asked Philomena. "I don't see the building on fire. The cyclone season is almost over, and Shou can't have crashed his helicopter again because I saw it take off while I was having my afternoon swim."
"No, it's...um..." Philomena began in a carrying whisper, before pointing at Gaia. "She asked to see the manager."
The man shrugged, sending a fresh trickle down his back muscles. "So get Xan."
"Ms Lane left for Perth this morning. She won't be back for a week and she said if anyone wanted to see the manager, to get you. So, I got you."
"You summoned me from my swim for her, because she's an emergency?" He turned to stare at Gaia, as if he didn't care how rude he looked. "Not my kind of emergency. She's a four, maybe a five, tops. Give her the number of the escort service in town. It's the wet season. I'm sure they have a gigolo free for her."
A four? Maybe a five? Gaia had never been so insulted in her life. She jumped to her feet. "I asked to see the manager because I made an appointment."
He strode over so he stood a metre from her. "Not with me, lady. You're not my type."
"Are you gay, Mr Felix?" she asked coldly.
He didn't seem the slightest bit offended. "I haven't met a man yet who made me think so. But women...I love women. Like I said, though, you're not my type. I like my girls young and pretty."
"I'm only two years older than you!" she blurted out.
Jay laughed. "Still doesn't make you pretty." He strode out the door, whistling.
Gaia wasn't sure whether she wanted to run after him and tackle him to the ground or beat him over the head. She couldn't get the image of water trickling down his chest and abs, following that tempting V down into his pants, clinging to what she could see was a sizeable...
Dick. He was a complete d**k. Making her wait, then insulting her. Jay Felix wasn't worth her time, no matter how perfect the man's body was.
Gaia marched up to the reception desk. "Get me the hotel manager on the phone. The real hotel manager, not that man. Now."
Philomena nodded and dialled.
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