Chapter 7

“What? Where?” I managed to ask.

He pointed at the tall five-star hotel across the street.

“Are you kidding me?”

He shook his head. “I was celebrating my birthday, remember? My… father thought I should do it in fashion.”

After two minutes, we entered the hotel lobby. We were soaking wet from the rain, and my clothes were totally ruined.

Zach pulled me to the elevators and pressed his floor. The long ascent to his hotel room felt like a short descent to my first indiscretion. Zach and I were like fireworks in a public place, I wonder how we would be in a private, enclosed place with a comfortable bed between us.

Zach’s room has a small sitting area with a small couch and a shower room. The bedroom was huge, with a California king bed, a dining table, a balcony, and en suite bathroom. I took off his jacket and hung it in the bathroom. Then I took off my wet shoes and dabbed a towel all over my wet skin.

Outside, the rain only poured harder than before. Lightning occasionally illuminated