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Chapter 28 - I'm Doing My Job, Jake

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Jessica's POV

"You have a beautiful smile."

The elderly guest said it warmly, harmlessly, yet the compliment still caught me off guard.

I smiled politely as I handed him back his room card. “Thank you, sir.”

His wife laughed beside him. “He’s been smiling since you helped us with that ridiculous dinner reservation,” she explained.

“That’s because your husband almost argued with the chef,” I replied playfully.

The woman burst into laughter while her husband looked offended.

“I was defending goo
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