CHAPTER 30 Two weeks passed by surprisingly quickly. I just about resisted the temptation of getting a morning comb and counting the days. I had prepared for the Tuesday carefully and packed extra clothes in addition to my work clothes. I had even packed some nice lingerie. I didn’t know why because Gary wasn’t in a habit of admiring my underwear as he wanted it off as fast as possible. It’s the thought that counts, I suppose. After smuggling a burger and chips into the hotel room and devouring them, I immersed myself in a hot bath for half an hour. I got into my sensuous black-and-red lingerie set and hid under the duvet. I browsed through the choice of soaps, TV movies and news but finally got fed up with the TV and picked up the magazine on local events that belonged to the room. *

