Have A Nice Stay

An entry to The Ink Well Fiction Writing Challenge #2 - Bad Habits by @theinkwell.

Thank you to @raj808 for this week's prompt.

Miles developed a bad habit ever since he inherited his father's prized hotel; more specifically, ever since he discovered the secret passageways inside the hotel itself.

But Miles didn't consider it a bad habit, not if he didn't do it often anyway; Miles just considered himself an innately curious individual.

From the airvents, Miles gazed down inside Room 316; He liked this room the most, and even advised his Front Desk staff to only offer this room for the most special of clientele.

Though this time, Miles seemed to have a momentary lapse in judgement. Never judge a book by its cover they say, but this attractive couple just proved the difference between methodical and mechanical copulation.

Stopping himself from huffing in disappoinment, Miles slowly crept out of his hiding place and strode purposely down the halls towards the Front Desk.

What he'd give to see that intense attraction between two people; he tried to look for it with other people once, nobody just caught his fancy long enough plus he'd come to regret all the time, effort and money he'd wasted so far.

Turning their heads at his entrance, his staff quickly went back to work as if he wasn't there; they were now used to their boss always lurking around the lobby.

Then, he saw Her. A Siren; with hair as vibrant as the rays of the sun, and up close, eyes as blue as the morning sky.

Miles was dumbstruck and he couldn't help but eavesdrop when the Siren asked for a room reserved under a certain name. Odd, it wasn't the best of rooms for staying guests, in Miles' opinion, but it had a spacious "hiding spot".

Surreptitiously, Miles headed for his destination before the Siren could get there. Imagine his surprise as he spied a man awaiting her entrance. But what truly unnerved him was what this man exuded, everything about him spelled DANGER, no matter what his handsome profile seemed to present.

A knock from the door broke him from his thoughts, the invitation to come in however had him tensing in his stance. Something silver caught his eye and he glanced up from his hiding place to see the vibrant smile his Siren had for this dangerous man.

Miles has heard and learned of a couple's different tastes when it comes to sex, but something about this whole set up did not bode well with him.

He had to play his cards right and observe first, or this could very well end up as a murder.

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