The story of you and I

CHAPTER 3

It was 3:17 pm, when a call came in from the front desk, they were letting me know Alex Dominguez was requesting me.

"Sure, please let her know that I'll be with her in a few minutes," I said, immediately hanging up the phone and finishing the email I was working on. Just at that moment, a message came from Andrew that read:

"Hey, I left Alex at the hotel, thank you very much for your help, please remember, not a word to Ana"

"Ok, but remember, I want all the details, it will not be easy to keep such a big secret for a long time," I replied as I left my office and walked to the front desk.

I looked around for a face that had some resemblance to Andrew, but I could not distinguish anyone among all the people who were checking in. I approached Nikki at the front desk and asked for Alex, she pointed me to a woman that was standing a little far from us, I could only see her back, she was talking on the phone, she was slim, full black hair that reached to the middle of her back, she was wearing black fitted pants and a sleeveless top that showed a fully tattooed arm, black heels, just looking at her back you could feel that this woman had style, maybe it had to do with the tattoos that looked so good, I made a mental note to observe them more closely when I had the opportunity.

I decided to wait for her phone conversation to end, and I took out my cell phone to answer some other emails that I had pending, suddenly I was fully concentrated on my phone as it usually happens to me, then I felt someone's gaze on me, I raised my eyes and for the first time I saw her face with big black beautiful eyes, long eyelashes and outlined eyebrows, her pale skin was almost perfect, God, does she even have pores? And I say almost perfect because she had a small scar right on top of her eyebrow, almost indistinguishable and her smile, her lips were just...

"Hi, I'm Alex Dominguez" she said in a British accent and in a soft voice, taking me out of my trance, how long was I studying her in silence? Oh my gosh, Emma, I reprimanded myself.

"He...Hey Alex, I'm Emma... Montgomery, nice to meet you" I said extending my hand trying to hide my nervousness, but why was I so nervous?

"Emma Montgomery" she said taking my hand between both of her hands, with a smile on her lips as if memorizing my name, and suddenly I felt my cheeks heat up, I had never heard my name sound so beautiful. I lower my face to keep her from noticing, but I think it was in vain.

"Uhm, so you already checked in?" When I looked at her again, she had a slight blush on her face and a half-smile, her eyes studying me in detail, which confirmed my previous thought. I have to run away from here, I thought ... How can someone look so good after such a long flight?

"Yes, I have my keycard and everything, I just wanted to thank you for your help"

"Sure, no problem, where's your luggage? I will tell the bellboy to help you with it so you can settle in the room, I know that the flight was long, and you must be tired" The phrases came out of my mouth very quickly, as always happens when I am nervous. Alex smiled again.

"Ok thanks, Yes, I'm really tired" I nodded and called the bellboy to help her with the suitcases.

"I hope the room is to your liking, please let me know if you have any problems or if there is something that we can help you with, I'm here until 5 PM or so," I said, sounding a little more formal than I wanted.

Alex smiled and nodded pointing to the elevator where the bellboy was waiting for her along with her suitcases, I nodded smiling and turned to go back to my office where I could sit and think about all this that didn't make sense to me. Just when I was leaving, I felt a hand on my wrist, sending an electric current all over my spine, I turned around almost jumping, looking at her hand gently grasping mine, while my eyes traveled from her hand, to her tattooed arm, to her shoulders, to her face. I quickly retrieved my wrist while holding it in my own hand. I don't know what expression I had on my face, but Alex stepped back apologetically.

"Sorry, I didn't want to startle you, I just wanted to thank you again and ask you if you could join me for dinner later today, Andrew is going to be busy, and I don't feel like dining alone ... of course only if you don't have other plans and if it's okay with you" Oh boy, why do you put me in these situations so ... I don't know what the word is.

"Uhm" I was trying to find an excuse, I don't know if to give it to her or to give it to my brain, part of me wanted to say yes, the other part no.

"Come on Emma, ​​I don't bite, I promise" that accent again, she said with a smile bordering on flirting. Ohhh god, is she flirting with me? So so boldly? I could feel my cheeks almost burning, I looked anywhere but those eyes, first because so that she didn't see my red face and second to check if anyone at the hotel was looking at us.

"Ok, sure, yeah, yes, why not? No problem, yes, yes yes" my cheeks kept burning, Emma stop talking! I mustered the strength to look at her again and said "See you at the restaurant at 5:30 PM?"

"Not a minute later," she said, turning and walking to the elevator.

I felt all the air leave my lungs in that instant, I didn't know how long I had been holding my breath. My feet quickly took me to my office, like on autopilot, what the hell was going on?

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4:50 pm Jordan S: "Honey, how's it going? I'm leaving to meet the guys, I will text you tonight, I love you" Ohh only if you knew how everything is going, I thought as I rolled my eyes

4:51 PM Me: "Everything as usual, I'm going to stay until later at the hotel, I'll have dinner here, I'll tell you later, I love you too" Our I love yous were no longer a feeling, they were more of a tradition, something that you ought to say.

I opened the messages and I wanted so much to text Ana and tell her everything, but at the same time, what was everything? Surely I was imagining that Alex was flirting with me and nothing else, surely I just seemed to see her blush during our conversation, surely it was only that, right? I closed the messages, I still couldn't even name Alex to Ana, because she was part of Andrew's surprise.

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