Welcome Home, My Darling

She ran to the elevator banks and pressed the buttons, waiting until one of the doors opened. Even if she were to produce an invitation

line for the emergency exit on the right. She opened

to the stairwell just in time to catch a glimpse of

8th and 89th floors of the building, and it housed hotel room from corridor to corridor. She was planning to find a vacant

e at her reflection as she moved forward. Fleeting as the vision was, she knew that she looked wide-eyed and flushed, truly an embarrassing sight that stuck like a sore thumb in the midst of her elegan

motion, clutching them to her chest as she sp

." This came from one of the guards. She had barely tucked herself into a small alc

at," the other

ne of the hotel rooms. She turned back to the corner as the footfalls neared. The moment one of the men rounded that corner, she would be done for. She gritted her teeth and ma

't have the time to look up at his face, and without further ado, she pushed past him and into the room.

st idea that popped into mind and threw her heels aside before jumping the man next to her, pressing him against the wall. She found that he was much tal

her brain even wondered briefly if he was a sculpture. He had thick, prominent brows and a high, regal nose. His th

n his eyes told her that he was well aware of the fact. Th

gan, frowning at hi

out to interrogate her and two, the guard was already getting very close. If the guard somehow heard

arms around the man's neck. In the next instant, her lips were f

rown herself at him. He reached out to push her away, but she also pulled h

topped to check. The scene that greeted him was a couple kissing against the wall. From where he stood, he couldn't cle

d on with his search, oblivious to the fact t

dy's nerves finally eased up. She slowly brok

ace. His voice was low and cold, but was strangely magnetic, like sh

oughts inside her head to explain her situation, but then the footsteps came again. She recognized th

rabbit, and pushed him back to the wall. Her slender arms snaked around

known woman twice in the span of a few minutes. And inside his own building, no less! Of course, she would have had no hope of accomplishing either deeds if he had not

t stop outside the door. Instead it carried on with it

rs again. Let's go check the next floor."

tairs." Soon enough, the sound of footsteps faded

uld have sighed her relief, but she realized that her mout

t her fears go, however, everything else invaded her senses: the soft texture of his lips, the faint musk coming from hi