Carrie grabbed a bottle of champagne and two flutes with her other hand. She removed a tiny tube from her purse and emptied it into one of the glasses.
She glanced around. No one was there.
Xavier would soon be in his suite.
She quickly filled both glasses with champagne and sipped from one.
“I promise you, Xavier, today our lives will change forever,” she smirked to herself and drank the rest.
Carrie refilled her flute again just as Xavier walked in.
He paused briefly at the door.
“What are you doing here?” he asked, removing his suit jacket and sitting at the edge of the bed.
“I wanted us to celebrate the success of yet another deal with a mob boss,” she said, picking up the two glasses and walking toward him, swaying her hips.
“I’m not really in the mood, Carrie,” he said dismi
