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your fun, now get out while the going’s good.
    Michelle’s inner battle ground to a halt as she heard the water stop in the shower and knew Rob was going to be out soon.
    She knew she could and probably should, stay and explain but a heavy feeling of inevitability settled over her. She’d had an amazing one night stand, but who was she kidding? There was nothing else to gain from spending more time with Rob except possible heartbreak. The night was over and it was time to go.
    Feeling like a mature adult, Michelle calmly grabbed her bags and pulled open the door. She let it close behind her and that’s when the pain began. She started running, tears blinding her vision as she moved down the hall.
    The numb calm seeped away as hot emotion poured in. Who was Nikki? A wife? A girlfriend? Had she just unwittingly been a participant in an extra marital affair?
    “Oh my God,” she gasped, stopping in one of the corridors to catch her breath. After everything she had been through this past year, couldn’t the fate’s just give her a frikken break? She was a good person and Karma was a bitch. This better not bite her later on.
    The thought sobered her and she pulled herself up and kept walking. Out the hotel front door and into the safety of the crowded airport.
     
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    Rob towel dried his body and took a deep and soothing breath. His belly was clenched tight and he couldn’t wipe the smile off his face. He hadn’t been this excited in, well, probably forever. He couldn’t believe his good luck. Part of him had been hoping for a holiday romance, even perhaps a permanent one.
    He wasn’t getting any younger and more of his friends just kept finding these great girls and settling down. He wanted that too but so far he’d had no luck in finding it.
    He wiped the fog from the mirror and ran a hand through his wet hair. It looked like the fate’s had thrown the perfect girl right into his lap.
    “Just don’t stuff it up.” Rob muttered to himself as he fastened his towel around his waist. His body was wide awake now and he stifled a grin as blood flowed south. They didn’t have any more condoms, but he had plenty of ways to make Michelle scream, if she was up for more loving.
    He pushed open the door, expecting to see Michelle’s beautiful green eyes, but the room was empty. He frowned and picked up his jeans. Where were her clothes? And her bag?
    “Probably went to get something to eat,” he decided as he dressed again and collected his phone and wallet.
    Nikki had messaged, that was nice of her. She was the only one who had encouraged him to go on this holiday, unlike the rest of his family. Plain selfish they were sometimes. He was probably being a little selfish too, taking off at this time of year, but hey, he’d worked eight out of the last ten Christmas’s anyway and hadn’t been able to enjoy the festivities with his family then, so what was the difference?
    Rob glanced at his watch and an uneasy feeling began to permeate his blood stream. It tickled along his veins like an insect. It didn’t look like she was coming back.
    He picked up his phone to call her and groaned. “You haven’t even got her phone number.” Major oversight!
    With all of the drama, talking and amazing sex of the night before, Rob hadn’t even thought to get Michelle’s mobile number.
    He took the key and shut the door. He’d find her.
    He handed the key to the reception staff and asked the man behind the desk, “Have you seen a woman walk past here? About twenty five, brown hair, green eyes, five foot ten?”
    The man nodded and averted his eyes. “Yes, about ten minutes ago.”
    Rob nodded and tapped his fingers on the desk in front of him impatiently. What was the man not saying?
    “Did she say where she was going?”
    The man shook his head and Rob waited. Finally the man looked up, giving him a rather weird look. “She was crying. Loudly.”
    Rob gasped and took a step back, No! He turned and started