Figure it out

POV

Millie

As we’re finishing up our two-hour-long walk, stopping plenty of times to sit and talk, we make it back to the hotel entrance.

“I had a really good time, Em,” Nick says genuinely.

“Yeah, me too,” I say with a smile.

“I still can’t believe the way you jumped when you saw that mouse crawl out of that garbage bin,” I say with a laugh.

“Hey! I was startled!” He says with a laugh.

“Yeah, yeah, whatever you say,” I say teasing him.

“Well, I should probably get goin', you have an early morning,” Nick says tilting back and forth on his heels.

“I mean…yeah…but we could maybe just have one drink?” I suggest.

He lifts an eyebrow at me, “Okay, yeah, sure.”

We walk into the lobby together and go up the elevator, for some odd reason, I have this gut instinct that something is just off, not particularly with Nick, but just in general. It’s probably just from the guilt I’m feeling or my nerves.

As we walk down the hallway, my gut instincts were right, he’s leaned up against the