Chapter 7

I walked inside the hotel only to be stopped by a beaming Marie.

"How's your day been sweetheart?" Marie asked with a friendly smile.

"It's been okay. I don't want to sound rude, but I'm in a hurry. Sorry," I told her as I started walking up the stairs.

Marie winked at me and grinned, which caused me to give her a weird look.

"I understand. Jace keeping you busy? That boy is such a cutie, don't you think?" We were almost at my room and Marie was still following along.

To me, it was obvious there was nothing between Jace and me, but she probably read too much into things yesterday when Jace dropped me off.

"Yup, that's it. Now I really need to go. I'll see you later Marie."

I quickly opened my door and closed it without waiting for her reply. It wasn't my intention to be rude but my things needed to get packed quickly so that Dylan didn't notice my absence.

Most of the clothes were still in my back pack. Too bad everything Jace had bought for me today would have to stay here, seeing as