When I Was A Wallflower

Inside the car, a man dressed in a black suit ducked out of the car before standing up straight to reveal his tall figure.

His fair skin was exposed in the brief moment he ducked his head down.

He glanced at the luxury watch on his wrist with a blank yet stern face. Then, he strode into the hotel.

…

By the time Amelie got back from her meeting with the detective agency, it was already 10.00PM.

The hazy lights of this foreign land might twinkle warmly down at her, but it was not home.

She was surrounded by plenty of exquisite and luxurious shops, yet she did not stop by any of them. Instead, she headed straight into the hotel.

She got into the hotel and did not stop walking until she got to her room.

After taking out her keycard, she tapped it against the lock.

Beep! The door swung open.

As she massaged her forehead, she decided to take a shower before messaging Bria and Steven.

Just as she thought about that, she heard a clack.

She snapped her head up in shock to see a man walking out of the bathroom.

He had clearly just taken a shower as he was dressed in only a towel wrapped around his waist while his muscular body was exposed.

Drops of water slid off his black hair and down his chest before sinking into his towel.

Framed by his wet hair was his brooding, handsome, and stern face.

They both stared at each other in shock.

"Leo?" she called out in disbelief. It took her a few seconds to recognize him.

Amelie rubbed her eyes, thinking she was hallucinating. Why else would she be seeing Leo when she was in a foreign nation?

He was even in her hotel room.

She soon noticed the gray luggage bag standing near his feet.

She recognized that bag; it was the bag Leo had taken with him on business trips for years.

"Why are you in my room?" she asked with a hostile look in her eyes.

It was only then that he looked away and jerked his head at the nearby table. "I booked this room."

"You did?" She spotted the card on the table. Immediately, several impossible guesses flashed through her mind.

phone to call the front desk.

the door

staff was careless and forgot the room had been booked out. That's why…" The manager repeatedly apologized and

Leo needed to

she naturally was the

to waste more time on this matter, she grabbed her bag from the closet. "Give me a new room

manager's face deepened. "My apologies, but we are fully

about other hotels?"

and forgiving she was, he quickly contacted the other

calls, he slunk back to her with a cowering look on their

was a huge event happening the next day, so all the hotels

at the employee who had made the mistake. Oh, how he hated the employee

absolutely useless

out. How were they

people of high ranking. The hotel could not afford to make an

was pale

that the hotels were all booked out, she tightly

trio was staring at each other in silence, Leo cleared his throat and interrupted, "There are two rooms in this

when

was shimmering in the eyes of the employee that had turned red in terror.

two of them turned to Amelie, waiting on her decision.

was so forgiving, surely she would agree to

said, rejecting the offer. "Since there are no

While the manager found that rather distasteful, he did not dare say anything.

could not

time, she grabbed her bag to walk out of the room.

and you're in a foreign nation. What if something dangerous happens?" Leo stepped forward

dressed in a towel, and his muscular body was still dripping

rarely so close to other men, her face immediately blushed red as she

change her mind though. "This is my personal business. You need not worry, Mr. Alston."

realized that the two knew each other

as to give her a

also realized the relationship between the couple was not an average friendship, so he decided to play dead and

keep his job. Worried about his future,

cold response made

his jacket from beside him. "You can have the suite. I'll stay with

had space for him, she stopped resisting. "Thank you,"

headed into the bathroom to get

been resolved, the manager apologized to Amelie once more and promised to waive her fee as an apology.

said, he left the room with the employee in

round of calls, he slunk back to her with a cowering look on their face. "I'm sorry, but the nearby hotels are

luggage back into the

back into the

fully dressed and walking out

him a beautiful sight to behold, even if

her head.

here," an employee politely called out from the other side