Chapter 43

We stepped into the elevator and Ty typed a code on the keypad rather than pressing one of the numbered buttons. We started zooming upward, and the destination floor showed as 32, which surprised me a little. There were no number buttons for floors thirty through thirty-two, which were off-limits to most hotel patrons. While some of the staff were housed on the floor below me, apparently Kaz rated one of the penthouse flats on the second-to-top floor of the building. The top was devoted to a revolving restaurant and lounge. My perception of Kaz's status as director of security operations shot up significantly. Not that it mattered. In my eyes, he'd already been at the head of the pack - right beside Ty.

Another couple entered the elevator and exited two floors higher. I noticed with a frisson of proud excitement that Ty held me close when there were strangers nearby and stepped away a few inches when we were alone. The sexual tension was practically sizzling off the two of us, but so