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A large grin spread on her face.
“What’s so funny?”
“You are! I can’t believe you’d be willing to prolong this date and spend your evening with me. As if fourteen hours of me forcing you to eat croissants and sitting in a bus wasn’t enough.”
With a grip on her rain jacket, I pulled her closer. “If that’s surprising to you then what if I tell you that I’d be willing to spend the night with you? Falling asleep with you in my arms sounds very appealing.” I was grinning too, because the truth was that I wasn’t just willing to do it, I was eager to crawl into a bed with Liv and cuddle up with her.
She met my eyes, and there was a flash of worry behind the excitement. “I don’t want you to think that I’d normally sleep with a guy on the first date, but…” She trailed off.
“But you’ll make an exception with me?” Hope made my voice crack a little.
“I didn’t say that. But we could count yesterday’s lunch as a date, and today is like four dates in one.”
“Good point, so if we count me coming back to your hotel as a date as well, it would be our what… sixth date?”
“The thing is; I feel so relaxed with you. If we’re talking about a movie night with us cuddling and nothing more, then I’m okay with it.”
On the inside I raised my fist in triumph as I hugged her tight. “It’ll be the perfect way to end an amazing day.”
CHAPTER 9
Movie Night
Liv
It was close to ten at night when we finally walked into my hotel room.
“Fancy.” Charles looked around. “I thought you said you were traveling on a budget.”
“I am, but I got lucky. They upgraded me to a suite.”
“Why?”
“Because the hotel I was supposed to stay at was overbooked. This hotel is further outside the city center and in compensation they gave me an upgrade and free breakfast.”
“Nice.”
“Are you hungry?” I pointed to the room service menu.
“No, but I could drink something.”
Taking off my jacket, I walked over and bent down to open the mini-fridge. “Okay, let’s see. There’s white wine, beer, soda, and juice. What are you in the mood for?”
“A Sprite would be nice.”
I pulled out a Sprite and a Fanta. “What about some chocolate? They have Milka.”
“Sure.”
Getting up from my squatting position, I turned to give him the soda. “I was thinking about taking a quick shower. Maybe you can find a movie for us?”
Charles picked up the remote control and sat down on the bed. “Scary or funny?”
“You decide, but nothing too bloody. It gives me nightmares.”
I was back ten minutes later wearing my shorts and tank top that I normally slept in. It wasn’t sexy lingerie by a long shot, but Charles still checked out my legs with a quick side glance. When I saw a small smile on his lips, I relaxed. “Do you usually shower at night or in the morning?”
Charles moved over on the bed to make room for me. “That depends. If I’ve been at the gym, I’ll shower at night, but otherwise I do it in the morning.” He rolled off the bed. “But since you’re all sparkly clean, I’ll take a quick shower too.”
