11 Ugh!

As the door closed behind the two people, silence reined inside the room. The lights had come on as the two people walked in. For this first time since she had started her own business, Alice felt too awkward to talk about anything. She felt guilty as well as thankful. But at the same time, there were other emotions running inside her that made her feel like a mess but she had no idea what to name them. And thus she frowned and put a lid on her emotions, not acknowledging. The burying your head in sand strategy should work well for such things.

Once they had reached the living room, Adam caught a hold of her hand, startling Alice who then tried to pull it back. Once again she was about to scold him, when she realized that he was simply fastening her bracelet back onto her wrist and swallowed her words.

Once he had returned the bracelet, Adam walked to a door on the left and opened it. "You can rest here tonight."

Alice frowned at this, before protesting," Mr. Perry. There is no need for you to trouble yourself. I can sleep here on the couch."

"Miss Faye, this is the spare bedroom. My bedroom is on the opposite side. I do not have a habit of troubling myself for strangers. You sleeping here in the living room will be more of an inconvenience. The room has been booked for me as a gift from a friend and if he were to come here and see you, it would be a problem for me. If you need anything...call the room service."

With that, Adam left the door ajar and directly walked into the other room leaving behind a highly embarrassed and Alice.

Snapping her mouth shut, Alice marched to the door of the room and was tempted to bang the door shut like a child! How could she have guessed that this was a suite! Even though she had grown up in a wealthy family, her father had been a miser towards her! She had assumed that it was his nature. It was only later that she realized that it was only her that he never had money for! And once she had started working, she had preferred not to travel or if it was unavoidable then travel in her own mobile home.

Looking around, Alice saw the untouched bed breathed a sigh of relief. She had not expected to get stuck here! God dam***! She needed to get rid of that Samuel.

Sitting on the edge of the bed, Alice rubbed her arms and then turned off her phone. Opening the call log, she wondered if she should call her assistant and bodyguard-Shen Ximin. It was Shen Ximin who had planned the entire trap for today with her. What if Ximin was in danger? But calling her would only distract her. Finally, Alice opened her We Chat and typed out a message, "Ximin, message me when you are safe. I am worried about you."

Just then, a knock sounded on her room door and she stared in trepidation. In the last five years, she had never met anyone she could not handle except this Adam Perry. Why was he knocking?

Hesitantly, Alice walked towards the door and opened it a bit, looking at the man who stood there in question. He had changed from the formal suit in to a loose t-shirt and a pair of shorts. The shorts showed off the man's muscular legs and Alice blinked at the shapely calves as she continued to look down. Why was she having trouble talking to this man? She used to be an extreme introvert in the past but she had been doing fine during the last few years.

Just as she was lost in her own thoughts, the sound of a throat clearing sounded. Her eyes jerked up and she colored a bit. A set of clothes was pushed into her hands as the man said," You can't sleep in the gown. Here is a change of clothes."

With that, Adam pushed the clothes into her hands and escaped, his own ears a bit red from being stared at. He did not know why but this woman affected him too much. (Actually he did know but he was too angry to accept it.) In his profession, he was used to being stared at even drooled about. His fans had commented and complimented everyone of his physical features and yet, when her eyes had been staring at him, he had felt as if he was on fire. And then she had blushed so prettily. Thankfully, she had noticed his own ears turning red!

As he closed the door behind him, he wondered which fool had coined the name ice queen for her! She had never been ice. She was all fire. Now and even five years ago.

{Alice: Author? Are you not going to give me any dialogues? I am the Ice Queen! Why are you having me behave like a naive girl! I, too have a high IQ like your mc! Author: Yes yes! you do! But to fall in love, we need your IQ to fall a bit...so this is the starting of you lowering your IQ! And let me tell you loosing a few brain cells for such a handsome man will definitely be worth it!}

Alice looked down at the clothes as she closed the door. The peach sweatshirt was so big that she was pretty sure that she would loose herself in it. While she would need to tie the drawstring of the pyjamas around her waist twice! But beggars could not be choosers! And she was thankful for these too.

Taking off her gown, she donned the clothes and rolled up her sleeves. She then threw herself back on the bed as she checked her phone for message from Ximin. Since there was no message, her mind started to ponder over the events of tonight. Especially the man in the other room. His eyes seemed to have imprinted themselves in her mind and she could only think of them.

Soon the tiredness from the last few days took over and she fell asleep. In her deep sleep, she did not realize that the man from her thoughts was now in her room, staring at her with his deep eyes.