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

hotel manager was at the door with

careless and forgot the room had been booked out. That's why…" The manager repeatedly apologized and bowed, along with

needed

she did, she

on this matter, she grabbed her bag from the closet. "Give me a

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

other hotels?"

the manager saw how calm and forgiving she was, he

a cowering look on their face. "I'm sorry,

the next day, so all the hotels had been

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

an absolutely useless fool!

was fully booked out. How were they going to resolve this?

to stay in these rooms was people of high ranking. The hotel could not afford to make an enemy

face was pale with worry.

out, she tightly pursed her lips as her eyes went

silence, Leo cleared his throat and interrupted, "There are two rooms in this suite. We can take one each."

lit up when he

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

Amelie, waiting on her decision.

she was so forgiving, surely she would agree to that

"Since there are no hotels with vacant rooms, I'll go

distasteful, he did not dare say anything.

could not

time, she grabbed her bag to walk out of the

you're in a foreign nation. What if something

his muscular body was still dripping wet when he stepped right in front of her face.

her face immediately blushed

did not change her mind though. "This is my personal business. You need

that the two knew each

so generous as to give her a

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

he could keep his job. Worried about his future, he naturally could

cold response made Leo frown.

from beside him.

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

headed into the bathroom

that everything had been resolved, the manager apologized to Amelie once more and promised to waive her fee

he left the room with

her with a cowering look on their face. "I'm sorry, but the nearby hotels are all booked as

placed her luggage back into the closet.

placed her luggage back

Leo was fully dressed and walking out of the

beautiful sight to behold, even

her

an employee politely called out from the other side