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to face Megan. “I hope you’ve settled into your suite,” she said with a sweet smile. “Lisa here works in the Cub Club, which is the special kids area here at Castle Mountain. I don’t suppose you’ll have much need for it. But if you do…”
    “No,” Megan said, turning away from Lisa. “I don’t think I’ll have any need for the Cub Club at all.”
    “Lisa?” Carmen addressed the other woman, who was still glaring at Megan. “Did you have some business with Ms. Powers? Because I think your shift should be starting soon, isn’t it?”
    Lisa nodded sharply and swallowed hard. “It is.” She moved to leave but Carmen stopped her.
    “Oh, and, Lisa?”
    She turned and looked between Megan and Carmen. “Yes?”
    “Castle Mountain Lodge prides itself on the discretion of our staff,” Carmen said, looking Lisa directly in the eye. “I’m sure I can count on you, though, to maintain that discretion. Am I right?”
    Lisa’s gaze flicked to Megan briefly before gritting her teeth and saying, “Of course.”
    Carmen’s smile was bright and genuine. “Okay then. Have a great day. I’m sure Morgan has some fun things planned with the kids.”
    Lisa nodded and, without another word, left the room.
    When she was gone, Megan felt the tension release from her shoulders. She hadn’t realized how wound up the other woman had made her. And all because she’d compromised her client. At least that’s what Megan told herself. She pushed away the thought that she’d felt such animosity towards Lisa for any other reason. Surely there was nothing else to it? She did not get involved with clients. Especially clients like Gage.
    “Ms. Powers?”
    Megan shook her head, unaware Carmen had been speaking to her. “Sorry,” she said. “I was just thinking about something.”
    “Yes, I’m sure you have a million things to do,” Carmen said with a smile. “I was just wondering if you’d found everything in the suite to be satisfactory? At your angency’s request, we gave you our finest villa. It has some of the most amazing views and the furnishings—“
    “It’s absolutely perfect,” Megan said. And it was, except for the fact that she was sharing it with Gage Mitchell. It would have been preferable for her to have her own suite. Or just a basic room, even. But it was absolutely out of the question when it came to damage control duty. Or babysitting, as Gage liked to call it.
    “And Mr. Mitchell finds the room satisfactory as well?”
    “Yes, of course.” Megan didn’t bother adding that he seemed to be just as unimpressed with them sharing the space as she was.
    “That’s fantastic.” Carmen looked genuinely happy to hear they were satisfied, and her eagerness to please and do her job well made Megan warm to her all the more. “Is there anything else I can do for you today?”
    Megan scanned the room. Through the large picture window, she spotted the trails that wound away from the Lodge and into the trees. “As a matter of fact, you can,” she said. “I need a little help. Do you have a few minutes?”

    With Megan gone from the villa, Gage paced the living room, unsure of what to do with himself. Finally, needing to burn off some steam, he changed into shorts and a t-shirt and went into the small room that was supposed to be his workout room. Lucas had obviously called ahead to have it equipped with some weights and a treadmill. It wasn’t much, but at least it was something and Gage knew it was yet another attempt by Lucas to keep him in his room and out of trouble.
    He snorted in disgust at the bare minimum of workout equipment and headed for the treadmill. The trails would be a whole lot more satisfying to run on, but despite only their brief encounter, Gage knew better than to push Megan too far. He should probably stick to the treadmill.
    He punched in some numbers and set the machine to a speed that would challenge him and with any luck, push him to the point where he didn’t have to