Chapter 40

TRISTIAN'S POV

Six years ago

The sun rays filtered through the motel windows and I stood up, eager to close it and shut them out. It was at that moment I noticed that she wasn't in the room, that the young lady I had spent the night with was nowhere to be found.

Worried, I entered the bathroom, checking to catch a glimpse of the hair that had had me in my feelings the previous night. She wasn't in the room at all.

Alarmed, I flung a bathrobe on top of my briefs and hurried down the stairs, giving the surprised receptionist a hasty look.

“Have you seen the young lady I came into this motel with last night?”

“Yes sir, she left about an hour ago. She told me you were going to foot the motel bills, sir. So I had to let her go. Any problem?”

“No, none at all. Thank you.”

I ascended the stairs, asking myself why I was being so caring. She had wanted out, and she had gone out. All she wanted was the one night stand, and I respected her decision. But was that what I wanted? I had felt a conn