Chapter 418 - Good night, my love (1/2)

Ryn stared down at her laps, where her hands were gripped tight. She tried not to feel regret. He did not argue when she uttered the words. He simply drove the car after she told him the name of the hotel. Of course, she caught him c.o.c.king an eyebrow after he heard the hotel's name.

She was fretting inside but too frustrated to even utter a word. She glanced around and saw the time at the small clock. It was already late. No wonder there was not much cars on the road.

Then, she lowered her eyes back and stared at her hands.

He was aware of her actions. He did not say anything but pursed his lips thoughtfully. He knew that tomorrow his family would go to Ryn's parents' place to meet 'officially'. His grandmother would lead the group. Of course, he and Mika were not included as they were still considered 'too green' in their grandmother's eyes.

Soon enough they reached at the entrance of the hotel. To her astonishment, he shut the engine off and threw the key to one of the valets yawning at his station. He also went to Ryn's side and opened the door.

”I'm sending you to your room,” he announced before she could say something.

Her lips twitched but she did not argue. He offered his hand to help her getting out of the car.

To his not surprised mind, she refused his hand. She used the excuse of clutching the jacket closer to her body to avoid his touch. But he did not mind at all. It was his coat after all, so in a sense, he was hugging her.

Of course he did not mind.

She entered the hotel with the handsome man behind her smiling so wickedly, it almost made those women who were still at the lobby and even at the counter stared without blink.

That... that's Jeremy!

Jeremy did not care how others were staring at him. His focus was on those men. He wanted to see whether his Ryn was safe here. At first he was relieved seeing that even some men were looking at her, their eyes were filled with just a slight interest but no l.u.s.t. When they saw him, he gave them a warning look and every one of them quickly looked away, pretending they saw nothing.

However, his good mood was ruined when he noticed two men were eyeing his Ryn. These two men did not even look at him. Their eyes, full with l.u.s.t, followed behind Ryn and when Ryn and Jeremy were almost reaching the elevator, the two men stood up and walked slowly, leisurely toward the same elevator.

Jeremy quickly adjusted his standing, blocking the two men from getting closer to Ryn. Didn't these two see him? It was obvious he was with Ryn so why would they still dare to follow her?

Ryn noticed the two men entering the same elevator as her and Jeremy but she did not think much. She pressed the button of her floor and leaned her back against the wall. She closed her eyes without worry. Jeremy was here and he would not let anything happen to her. This unconditional trust in him was still thick in her heart despite of her frustration toward his stubbornness.

The men were staring at Jeremy now, anger boiling in their blood when they saw how close he was toward their prey. They thought the man just came in alone, not with the woman so they just ignored him. Even when he stepped forward to block them from getting closer to her, they thought nothing about it.

In order to get them out of this shame, one of them pressed a button randomly, acting like they were heading somewhere else, when they already planned to follow her into her room. They thought they could force themselves into her room and once they fed her the drug, she would let them do whatever they wanted. Hence, even though it was getting late, they kept waiting at the lobby for her return. They had no doubt she would return tonight seeing that she only wore a dress with no bag at all when she left earlier.

When the door was opened, Jeremy scooped Ryn up and carried her like a groom carrying his bride over the threshold out of the elevator, leaving those two men staring angrily at him. Unexpectedly their plan failed.

Over to Jeremy and Ryn...

Once the door of the elevator closed, Jeremy carefully put Ryn down. He forgot that he still did not know which room was Ryn's. He let her leaned against his body with one arm holding her. Another hand touched her face, gently caressing her cheek.

”Love, your room?” he asked gently. He held himself from kissing her soft white cheek. The powder she put earlier already wore off, revealing her real skin.

Her brows wrinkled a bit but it did not stop her from drowsily standing up. She was half asleep and the familiar warmth beside her gave so much protection, she felt safe.

”Love?”

Without even thinking, the number of the room was mumbled by her. She even handed her phone to him, murmuring 'key'.

He understood what she meant. Then, he scooped her up again and walked to the room with the number she just said. He could not help from frowning seeing how close the doors were, indicating the room she was staying was not big. Shaking his head, he used the phone's back to flash at the lock to unlock the door. A beep later and the door was able to be opened.