After entering the elevator, seeing that Jacob only pressed the floor where he stayed, Trevor suddenly spoke up. “There’s no need to come up with me.”
Jacob froze for a moment, then quickly replied, “Yes, sir.”
Only then did he press the button for his own floor. (1
The next morning, wearing a bathrobe and with the clothes he had worn last night draped over his arm, Trevor walked out of a room and shut the door behind him before heading off in the other direction.
Wynn had just stepped out of the elevator. 5
Her face lit up with a smile the moment she saw Trevor, and she was about to greet him until her eyes fell on the shirt hanging from his arm.
Both the collar and shoulder bore vivid lipstick marks. (6)
Her smile instantly vanished. The words on her lips died in her throat. (5
Before she could recover, Trevor’s figure had already disappeared around the corner, followed shortly by the sound of a door opening and closing.
Still stunned, Wynn’s gaze dropped to the room number in front of her.
- (4)
But she remembered clearly that Jacob had told her Trevor was staying in 2503. 3
She looked down at the spare keycard Jacob had just given her. 3
It was indeed 2503. She hadn’t remembered wrong.
So, why had Trevor just walked out of 2508? (3)
Pressing her lips together, she pulled out her phone and dialed Jacob. “Who’s staying in 2508?”
Jacob was taken aback. He didn’t know how she knew, but still answered honestly, “Ms. Rodriguez.” 1
It was as she’d expected. (1)
Wynn’s fingers tightened hard around her phone. Then, she took a deep breath before asking, “What exactly happened these past two days?” 8
If nothing had happened, how could Trevor be coming out of Celeste’s room at the crack of dawn-
wearing a bathrobe, with his clothes from the night before draped over his arm? 3
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Jacob hadn’t told her about the events of last night, but since she was asking now, he briefly filled her in. After finishing, he added, “After we came back to the hotel yesterday, the boss told me I didn’t need to follow anymore. I really don’t know what happened between them last night.” 10
Wynn pressed her lips into a thin line, saying nothing. 3
After hanging up, she stood frozen for a long time before finally moving and walking toward Trevor’s
room.
Meanwhile, Celeste woke up with a splitting headache.
For a moment, her mind was blank.
Then the scene from the bar restroom last night flashed through her memory, 2
Her face changed instantly–fully awake now. Her expression went pale as she sat bolt upright in bed.
As she tried to recall what had happened after the restroom incident, her eyes swept over the room, and her movement froze.
This… was her own hotel room. 2
She blinked in shock.
For a moment, she thought she was dreaming. But once she realized she was indeed in her room, and her body felt no particular discomfort, her panic slowly ebbed. 4
She picked up her phone and was about to call Matthias when his call came in first.
“You’re awake?”
“Mm.”
Celeste’s head still throbbed, her body heavy with fatigue. 2
“Last night in the restroom, someone covered my mouth and nose. I think I fainted… But now I’m back in my room. What on earth happened?” 1
Matthias hesitated, unwilling, but after a moment said quietly, “It was Trevor who saved you.”
He then gave her a rough account of what had happened.
At his words, Celeste’s hand, which had been rubbing her temples, stilled slightly. 10
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