“Shall we take this to the bedroom?” Hena whispered.
“Thosearesome really nice sheets.”
“Told you.”
His hand slid up her leg. “Just not sure I can wait that long.”
She reached for his waistband just as the doorbell rang.
Housekeeping?Hena groaned. What even was the point of a Do Not Disturb sign if they still disturbed you?
“Come back later!” she called out.
“It’s me,” said the voice on the other side.
Lulu. Shit.
She jumped up quickly.
“Go to the room,” she whispered.
His eyes widened. He slipped away as Lulu knocked again, more insistent this time.
“Hurry up, Hena!” she shouted.
She tightened her robe and barely got the door open before Lulu brushed past her and stepped into the sitting room.
“Where have you been?” she asked.
“I was out. I texted you.”
“This isn’t a text conversation. We need to talk. Face-to-face.”
Just like that, the magical spell of the last twelve hours broke—reality crashing full force.
“I’m so sorry, Lulu.” Her composure slipped. “What happened yesterday. The things I was accused of…”
Lulu’s expression darkened. “It was something.”
A quiver of fear sliced through Hena. Was this the moment when Lulu cut her off once and for all?
“I know how it looked.” Her lungs constricted. “But all I’ve ever wanted to do my whole life was to protect you and keep you safe. I would never hurt you, Lulu.”
Lulu regarded Hena. Searched her face. Then—
“You wouldn’t,” she said. “I don’t know how to explainwhat the hell is going on, but there’s no way any of it was true.”
A wave of relief washed over Hena, and she hugged Lulu. Her sister’s body reacted with surprise at first, before she hugged Hena back just as tightly.
“We’ll get to the bottom of it,” Lulu said when she pulled back. “There will be hell to pay.”
“Did the security team get any footage for who set up the second projector?” Hena asked hopefully.
Lulu’s expression fell. “It was running on a separate system the previous owner had integrated into the space. The team says it was operating remotely. We’ll dig into it. There must be some way to trace it.”
Even with this chilling information, that someone had gone through the trouble of hacking into the resort’s tech equipment with the singular intent to destroy her, Hena felt lighter. Because Lulu didn’t buy it. Right now, this was everything.
“We’ll deep dive into this as soon as we can, but I’m freaking out right now because I can’t find Gita,” Lulu told her. “You haven’t heard from her by any chance, have you?”