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A trace of vulnerability, shimmering through her voice.

At the same time, his words carried the despair that plagued him.

If these words had been spoken in the past, when they mattered, I would have been delighted.

I closed my eyes, took a deep breath as the room between us seemed to freeze. Carlos broke the silence when he released me and whispered, “What room are you staying in?”

I, furrowed his brow And replied, "It would be more appropriate for you to take a room for yourself."

My words fell on deaf ears when he entered the hotel. I waited a considerable amount of time before going inside and taking the elevator to the fifth floor. I got off the elevator, went into my room.

I stopped Static midway. “Like my room’s last name and how did you get in here?”

I never told Lucia where I was staying, how did he find out?

Carlos loosened his tie and replied, coldly: “Sorry to disappoint you, but you are staying at one of the hotels in my hotel chain, and one more thing, I have never been i