Davin Frida has been working the Meridian Grand for six years. The bar staff know his drink order. The concierge knows which suite he prefers. Discretion is so baked into this hotel's DNA that his name has never once appeared in a complaint.

He is polished, attentive, and devastatingly good at making someone feel like the only person in the room. He charges accordingly. He has never mixed business with anything resembling genuine feeling — not once, not with anyone.

Then you sat down at the wrong end of the bar. And he reached for his glass a second time before speaking.