Little Rainie was unbelievably happy now that she had sneakily eaten some fried chicken behind her father's back. On the way back to the room, Rainie kept sticking to Bianca, hugging her leg like a koala to a tree.

It was quite hard for Bianca to walk with a baby hanging off her leg.

She had to limp all the way back upstairs.

"It's really late now. I'll send you back to your room so you can get to sleep." The adult and two children watched cartoons in the room for a while before Bianca turned to the pair of siblings.

The older brother looked up at her and said, "We don't have the room card."

Rainie was hugging Bianca with her plump white hand, her eyes tightly closed. She was almost completely asleep now.

Still, how could they get back without the room card?

Bianca was feeling conflicted.

She had no idea when the president would be able to finish his work for the day and return to the hotel.

"Lemme call Mr. Doyle." Bianca looked at Rainie, who was already falling asleep. She could not move, so she had to ask Lanie to grab her phone.

Lanie picked up her phone and passed it to Bianca.

Bianca called her colleague and asked for Jason Doyle's work number.

Jason picked up soon enough, but he said, "I'm sorry to trouble you, Miss Rayne, but Mr. Crawford is having a meal with a few provincial leaders. I don't think he'll be able to get away for a while yet. How about this? Can you let the two kids sleep with you for the night?"

Bianca,

It was past ten in the night by the time Bianca managed to lull the children to sleep.

Lanie slept on the left side of the large bed, while Rainie took the right side. They were fast asleep.

Bianca cleaned up the bathroom as quietly as she could, then she folded the children's clothes and placed them on the couch neatly. Finally, she tucked Rainie in before carefully stepping into bed herself. 1

Thank goodness the bed was big enough.

There was plenty of space for one adult and two kids to sleep comfortably.

Within five minutes of lying down, Bianca could barely keep her eyes open anymore.

... 1

Sometime in the earliest hours of the morning.

Bianca's phone vibrated under her pillow.

She was so sleepy that her eyes hurt, and she had to force them open blearily.

She propped herself up slightly and reached for her phone. 1

There was an unknown number on her screen.

139-0909-9999.

in the middle of the night, but the number itself was a

and somewhat rudely, "Who

It was a deep and hoarse voice, sounding especially mesmerizing

door? Who are

She was so sleepy.

the other end of the phone. All she heard

spent a few seconds clearing her mind, then

bed under the moonlight.

Mr. Crawford?"

man's voice was growing

hurriedly scrambled out of bed and made sure

she opened the door.

kids back, but she had fallen fast asleep and

waiting for so

herself in

children were fast asleep on the bed. They showed no signs of waking up

Bianca opened the door.

outside the door, his eyes closed and one hand resting against the door frame. He held his coat and the black phone he had been using to call her in one hand. It was obvious that he

called his name, too afraid to approach

suddenly, weariness written all over his face as he

like this, the man still radiated confidence and dominance. His surroundings did nothing to hide the air of

her a look, but that look

them

tilted her body and stood to a side, letting him

the man walked past her, she could clearly smell the alcohol on

door, too afraid to move

at the doorway were very

standing at the open door like a guardian god, waiting for her boss to carry

The time ticked past.

hear the

the door quietly and

a single lamp illuminating the bedroom. It was not nearly as blindingly bright as it was

dim

was meant to be hers had been completely taken over by

sleeping silently with his

him

QUMS

she did, would her boss fire her in a fit

not, where was she supposed to

she could not wake this mistaken drunkard up and chase him out. If

she grabbed a coat, put

her room card in her hand, she called

come here with her.

is unavailable..." A mechanical voice

a corridor

had forgotten to ask for her female colleague's room

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