Warmth, 2218 guest

It had gotten completely dark, and the streetlights were lit on the side of the road, stretching far into the distance.

Joe Muir drove into town before saying,"Let's go eat,you haven't had a good dinner either."

Grace, however, looked at the bruise on Joe Muir's clean, handsome cheek,"Put some ice on it."

"Go home tonight, I'll take care of it, don't worry." Joe Muir still smiled like a warm sun, not burdening Grace with anything.

"I shouldn't have hit Sophie, I'm sorry. Did it hurt a lot?" Grace clasped her hands together, Sophie was Joe Muir's girlfriend after all, she really shouldn't hit her best friend's girlfriend, it would make it harder for Joe later.

Joe Muir lifted his long, handsome fingers and shook Grace's head,"If you hurt Sophie, she'll make things harder for you at school in the future."

"So you're worried about that." Grace sighed and smiled at Joe Muir,"I'll be more careful in the future. With exams in a month and internships starting in senior year, I won't have to see her as often."

Joe Muir looked out the car window,looking for a restaurant of his choice,and digressed,"What do you want for a late night snack,KFC,your favorite beef burger,and an egg tower?"

"Take me home." Grace shook her head.

Joe Muir knew that if Grace had lost her appetite, she was in a really bad mood. He started the engine and drove to a secluded bungalow area on the West End.When he parked, Grace opened the door and got out.

"Grace ...." Joe Muir got out and caught up with her.

"I'm fine Joe," Grace turned and smiled at him,"Remember to ice it at home and I'll see you at school tomorrow."

Joe Muir was about to say something but the words slipped from his lips and he swallowed back,so he just smiled and said,"I'll see you at school tomorrow."

Grace opened the door and walked in.

Joe Muir watched until the lights came on on the second floor of her house and stood by the car for a long time before he drove away.

Grace rushed to the bathroom and washed herself thoroughly. As she stood in front of the mirror, her eyes inadvertently became slightly moist as she saw the bruises on her shoulders and chest that the man had left behind.

She rubbed her face a few times, rubbing away all the bad feelings, and looked into the mirror, grinning, but the smile was forced.

She held her aching head and forced herself to stop thinking about the night with the man, but her brain just wouldn't listen, always buzzing in her ears about what the man had said.

"Girls today, their bodies are worthless in front of money ..."

Grace tried to shake her head and wave the thoughts away.

Then the phone rang, an incoming call from Summer Violet.

"Did Holden do something to you? I'm a bad driver and I really didn't catch up! If it wasn't for Joe's call just now, saying you were all right, I was really going to call the police. You're home, aren't you? I'll go check on you."

"It's all right Summer, don't worry about it, it's already ten o'clock, you should rest early too." Grace hurriedly laughed and laughed and replied to Summer Violet in her best form so she wouldn't worry.

"Is it really okay?"

"Uh-huh! It's really okay, and as you know, I'm used to being heartless. Besides, this isn't the first or second time Holden has given me a hard time, so I don't care anymore." Grace didn't say that this time Holden seemed genuinely moved to try to kill her, and her body still cramped as she remembered dipping into the churning water.

"I'm relieved you're okay." Summer Violet finally breathed a sigh of relief and hung up.

Grace grabbed her cell phone and lay back on her bed, staring up at the bright CFLs on the roof.

She wasn't in the mood to think about Holden right now; the diamond she'd given to the wrong person was the real headache.

She had to get up and take her chances at the Ritz-Carlton ....

With that thought, she fell asleep without realizing it.

She was just too tired from the last two days.

...

Gordon's call woke Grace from her early morning sleep.

"Grace, why don't you give the diamonds back? You want to keep it all for yourself!" Gordon's lion roar rattled Grace's eardrums.

"I've been too busy the last two days, I'll give them back!"

The other end shouted again, and Grace hurriedly moved the phone away from her ear.

"I'll give you one more day, if you don't return it, your mother will be waiting for you when you get home from the hospital!" Gordon hung up the phone immediately.

Grace took a deep breath and looked at the time, it was only 5 o'clock.

Finding a message on WeChat, she clicked on it and saw that it was a message from Joe, just after 11 pm last night, just after Joe sent her home.

"I bought you some food, it's hanging on your door, if you're still awake, come out and pick it up." Followed by a big smiley face.

Grace walked out the door and saw a bag of KFC hanging on the door.

Beef burgers, a chicken drumstick, plus two egg cakes, just her usual favorites. Even though it was getting cold, Grace's heart was warm.

This KFC meal became Grace's breakfast.

After getting dressed, she left the house early, went to the hospital to see her mother and brother, bought breakfast for them, consulted with the doctor about the kidney transplant surgery, and saw that it was time, so she took the bus to school.

When the students at the school saw her, they all huddled together and whispered.

I don't know which of the good people posted the video from yesterday's cafeteria on the school forum, and now the whole school knows about yesterday's incident, and it has become the hottest topic of discussion.

Grace feigned ignorance and went to her classroom to take her seat and review her homework.

For some reason, Joe Muir and Sophie didn't show up at school, and neither did Summer Violet.

Grace tweeted at Summer Violet, asking why she didn't come to class, but Summer Violet didn't reply.

After class, Grace had just packed up her textbook and class notes and was standing up when Jane and two girls walked by and looked over at Grace with the haughty look of a thousand-year-old celebrity and whispered.

"There are those who still live in their childhood fairy tales, fantasizing that Cinderella can put on the crystal slipper to meet the noble prince and get rid of her poor life."

As she spoke, Jane had walked away with the two girls, laughing.

Grace stood where she was, pursed her lips and smiled, pretending not to hear.

Leaving the campus, Grace went to the subway station and boarded the subway to The Ritz-Carlton.

Waiting at the Ritz-Carlton, looking up at the towering luxury building, Grace could not lift her feet for a long time.

This was the place where she had dedicated her precious first time. That day, when she was drunk, she stood in front of the Ritz-Carlton in the same way, looking up at the high-rise building wrapped in gorgeous neon lights, and swore that she would never set foot here again in her life.

Unexpectedly, she came back.

As the sky darkened and the lights came on, the city was aglow.

Grace finally gathered enough breath to walk in, looked at the receptionist with the standard smile, and asked directly.

"I would like to ask the guest in 2218 for his name and contact information."

As in this kind of grand hotel, there would be contact information of the supreme customer.

Unexpectedly, the smile on the receptionist's face, immediately put away,"I'm sorry Miss, the private information of our hotel guests, is not allowed to be leaked, not to mention the information of the guest of 2218, it's even more impossible to be leaked."

"Why?" This was her only hope of finding this man.

"I'm sorry miss, it's a company rule."

Grace didn't want to let go of her only chance and asked the receptionist again,"So tell me, did he check out or not?"

The front desk lady was in a difficult position,"Miss, why do you have to ask the guest in room 2218?"

"I'm really in a hurry." Grace said anxiously.

Seeing that she was also really anxious, the receptionist thought about it and shook her head,"The guest in 2218 is not checking out.