True Identity

Chapter 9

This is a long one. So have fun ☺

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I got out of the Uber at ten thirty, thanking the driver as the bellboy opened my door for me letting me out. I headed straight for the elevator after the security looked me over even if they were trying to be subtle. Eli probably told them I was staying with him so they would let me in when I was alone.

I knocked on the door and after a few seconds he opened it and he happened to have no shirt on. I looked at his abs then his chest, then his smirk, then his eyes.

"Good evening, Coral." He smirked, leaning on the door.

"Um...hi." I said, pushing past him so I couldn't embarrass myself anymore. He knew I had checked him out and that was enough to avoid him and get the train back on Sunday.

I could hear him following me as I made my way to the kitchen and up to my bedroom for the weekend. I placed my bag on the bed and went straight to my suitcase as he sat on my bed.

"Did you have a good time?" He said, while I had my back to him.

"Yeah, the food was as delicious as always and Archer was in a good mood." I said, trying not to think about the fact that he was shirtless on the bed I would be sleeping in tonight.

I found my swimming costume, team towel and cover up then stood up, getting the courage to turn around as he talked to me.

"You should take me there some time if it's got such a good reputation." He said, leaning back on his hands

"That is our place. You are never gonna know where it is." I said, going into the bathroom to change.

"At some point you'll tell me." He called as I stripped of my clothes.

"Unlikely." I said, pulling on the stream-lined suit. It was nothing pretty but that wasn't the point of the suit in the first place. It was so I could win races and improve my time. I was already the fastest on our team and had interest from bigger teams but I didn't take part that often. I didn't want to be a swimmer as much as I enjoyed it. I had a different direction I wanted to go in. I put on some shorts and a button up that I left undone and then stepped out of the bathroom. I folded my dress up and put it back into the suitcase with the shoes I had put next to it inside so I didn't have to think about packing in the morning.

I turned around with my towel to place it on the bed so I could tie my hair when I jumped out of my skin.

"Why are you always there?" I called, quite loudly out of surprise.

"Today, I'm quite glad that I'm always there because I've seen you in a gorgeous dress and you just bent down in shorts right in front of me." He said, being very obvious about the fact that he was checking me out.

I gave him a disgusted look and walked away, making my way down the stairs and into the kitchen. I went to the fridge to grab a bottle of water and quickly tried to leave before he could stop me but like that would work as he had a thing about saying the wrong thing and then stopping me leaving because of it.

"That was really wrong and I'm sorry. I shouldn't have done that. We're friends this weekend. I booked you the pool until midnight so you could train in peace." He said, looking truly upset about what he'd said.

What I didn't understand was why he couldn't have just kept his thoughts to himself in the first place. We weren't close but he knew me well enough that he knew I wouldn't appreciate what he'd said. I wasn't the kind of girl that would thank him and make a move. I felt dirty when someone said something like that even if I knew what I was wearing wasn't slutty but it suited me and made me look good. If he'd just stopped at the dress compliment maybe we'd be in a better situation.