The Protected One

S e a t t l e

"Ah, do you smell that? Fresh Seattle hotel air." Marco smiles.

"Rich hotel air." Sophia Alice corrects him.

Rich indeed. Our rooms cost $1560 a night. It was also a resort so that is a bonus.

"Get off the bed, you have your own rooms to relax in," I say as I push him off my bed.

"Your room is much more spacious than ours," Felix complains.

"Just hurry up and get out so we can change, the dinner is in 2 hours," I tell them.

"That's plenty of time," Marco says.

"That's literally no time at all." Sophia rolls her eyes.

"Exactly, now please hurry up and get out!

"Fine since you guys don't want us in here, we'll have a blast on our own. Right, Claude? Asks Marco.

Except there is no response from Claude.

"Claude?

He bursts out of the bathroom.

"Did you guys know this place has a butt spray? He asks in amazement.

"Butt spray? Do you mean a bidet? I ask.

"Whatever it is, it's awesome." He laughs.

"Yeah that's it, everybody out," Sophia says.

"Boo, you girls are no fun." Felix pouts.

"Whatever. Just get out. We can spend time together later. We're literally going to spend time with each other in two hours." She tells him.

"Fine. We'll meet you two outside of your room in two hours." Marco says.

"Good. Now bye! She says shoving them out of the door.

"Finally." I sigh as they finally leave our hotel room.

"I call the first shower." Sophia Alice runs.

"No, I want to shower first! I call running after her.

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"There's been a slight change of events. There are some third-party guys here, but this place is covered with my men. Stay close. You guys already know what to do." Xander says calmly but strictly.

I nod my head in understanding.

The boys start walking in and I link my arm with Claude's.

"On a scale from one to ten, how snobby do you think this third party is going to be? Claude asks.

"I don't know. The tone isn't making me uncomfortable so I'd say it will be pretty laid back." I answer.

"Same. Weird vibe though." He says.

I nod my head in agreement.

"You look beautiful by the way."

I turn my head to see him already looking at me.

"Thank you. You look handsome today as well." I smile brightly at him.

He gives me a smile that resembles a little kid on Christmas Day.

It was adorable.

We walk into the event room and take a seat at the biggest table in the center of the room.

I was in the middle between Dylan and Claude.

As soon as we were all seated, a waitress came to take our orders.