Page 25 of The Tycoon

“Sounds good.We should be back in about thirty minutes.”

“Take your time.I’m not going anywhere.”Sean closed the hatch and climbed back into the driver’s seat.

Cole walked over to her.“Let’s get refreshed and go get dinner.”

“Sounds good.”Regan glanced around the garage again and, seeing no threats, she pressed the call button for the elevator.She tensed when the doors opened, but the car was empty.She stood so Cole could enter, and then she walked in.

He pressed the button for the thirtieth floor and entered a code before moving back to stand beside her.

“I noticed that you had the penthouse in Denver too.Is that because of the view?I’m assuming that would be the same reason here.”

Cole chuckled.“That’s one perk of having money.You don’t have to put up with noisy upstairs neighbors.I don’t have to look at most other buildings this way.There is one that is taller than mine in close proximity, but that’s not bad considering we are in downtown Houston.”

Regan thought they reached the top floor rather quickly, but then she was used to the ancient elevator in her apartment building.

When the doors opened, Cole held them while she exited.

She saw only one set of double doors, just like in Denver.

Cole walked toward them and punched in the security code.

Regan was glad to see that he had more than just a key to get in.That meant it was harder, but not impossible, for anyone else to enter the apartment.If attacked, the apartment would be the safest place to hole up until help arrived.

He held the door.

As she entered, she glanced around.The foyer opened into a living room with a cathedral ceiling.The room was informal and comfortable-looking with a sofa, an end table on each side, and then a recliner next to each of the end tables.The coffee table was a dark cherry and matched the end tables, each of which held a beautiful Tiffany lamp.

Across from the seating area was a large screen TV that had to be a good ninety-inches in size.She’d never seen a bigger screen except in a stadium or sports arena.

“Let me show you your bedroom.You’ll only have it for one night, but I hope you find it comfortable.”

He walked down a long hall.

On the right side, they passed a formal dining room.

A glance in told her the table matched the wood of those in the living room and it looked to be set for ten people.

They came to a second door on the right, which proved to be a bathroom.

On the left, a door opened into an office.

At the end of the hall were two doors across from one another.

“My room is on the right and yours is on the left.”He opened the left side door and held it for her to enter.

The room was beautifully decorated with dark forest-green carpet and walls a yellow so pale they almost looked white.Curtains in a green, white, and yellow geometric pattern framed the floor-to-ceiling windows, with horizontal blinds behind them pulled halfway up to let in some light, but not too much.

The bedspread matched the curtains.Across from the king-size bed was a TV that was half the size of the one in the living room and still bigger than any she’d seen in the homes she’d visited.

She walked to the door to their left and found a walk-in closet the size of her living room.Regan couldn’t imagine ever having enough clothes to fill a closet of that size.Directly across from the closet was another door.She strode over to it and opened it to see a five-piece bathroom.

The she moved over to the step-in shower and found that it had two shower heads.The door opened rather than slid and the glass was sparkling clear, making it easy to see who was in the shower.For a moment, she pictured Cole with her in the shower.She blinked rapidly, and the image cleared, though she felt the heat in her cheeks.What the heck was the matter with her?Cole was her boss, not her lover.Based on how well he moved when they fought in his office, she bet he was good in bed, too.She shook her head.She had to stop having these daydreams…it could cost lives…hers and Cole’s.

The bathtub was next to the shower but up two steps.It was round and big enough to be a Jacuzzi for four people, and with the jets, she could picture it full of bubbles.The thought made her smile.A skylight was over the tub.

To the left of the door were double sinks in a rose marble counter which coordinated with the deep rose color of the tub and matched the marble of the shower stall.

To the right of the door was another door.It opened to the commode that matched the tub and a single sink, again in the rose-colored marble.