Eden woke up the next day, feeling a sharp twinge of pain in her head. The sound of her phone’s alarm blared through the room, making her headache even worse. She reached for her phone and saw with blurry eyes what it said. It was 5 AM. Oh shit, she thought. She had to go to the airport and pick up Grace from the airport in 3 hours. It would alone take 1 and a half hours to travel back to Florence. She was in no position to even get up and make it to the bathroom. She opened Grace’s and hers chat, and dropped a voice message, saying with a groggy voice, “Hey Gracey, I am like super wasted. Can you go ahead and get a hotel or do something, I’ll get to you later today. Sorry.”After hitting send on the voice message, she sat up to see she was in an unfamiliar room. Before she could think of anything, she felt like the bed was calling to her like a magnet. She fell back on the pillow and went to sleep again. ---------------------------------------------------Eden woke up, once again, t

“What? Your fault? Absolutely not. After what he did, you had the right to end things with him. And trust me, if he was ever guilty or sorry, he would have waited for you to come back and tried to apologize to you before sleeping with another woman. Honestly, stop thinking about that dick and do your thing,” said Grace before taking another sip of her champagne. She smirked at Eden and said smugly, “Now about this Leo guy.”Eden blushed and sipped on her coffee, “What about him?”“I feel like you’re not telling me everything that happened with him,” Grace nudged Eden to tell her more. “So he flirted with you non-stop in Florence so you ran away to Pisa because you wanted to be away from him, and then you ran into him there too? Sounds like a stalker to me.”“No, I don’t think so. He was there with his girlfriend and other friends,” Eden answered, as she took another bite of her cheese, salami, and spinach sandwich. She noticed hangovers made her extremely hungry and thirsty, and she w

“Oh my,” said the old man as he walked towards Grace, with an astonished face. “That dress.” He pointed at the dress Grace was wearing. “M-Mr. Lombardi, it’s an honor to meet you,” Grace managed to say to him. “I’m a huge fan.”Lombardi? Eden thought. Suddenly it hit her. OH! Guiseppe Lombardi! He was the most renowned designer in all of Italy. He owned many lines of clothing, in Italy and in the USA, and worked for LuisaViaRoma too, since he was a former partner.He took a circle around, judging the dress she was wearing. “I can’t believe they are still using this design of mine. I designed this 20 years ago, and I hated it so I sold it to them. I see why they wanted it so bad. You look glamorous, honey.”“Mr. Lombardi, I have always admired your work,” Grace was still having trouble finding her words. “It really is an honor.”“Yes, yes.” He ignored what she was saying and continued talking. “Have you ever thought about becoming a professional model? I never thought this dress would

Grace took out one of the three dresses that she had bought earlier at the store. She wore a leather pencil mini skirt, paired with a red lacey short blouse that made her cleavage pop out. There were many laces to be tied in the back, so she took Eden’s help to get ready. She wore black T-strap peep-toe platform heels to go with the dress.Eden couldn’t deny that Grace was definitely a professional model material and that Guiseppe Lombardi wasn’t wrong to want her so bad that he even decided to give her designing lessons. She looked at Grace and said, “You look hot. Like, hot hot.” Grace looked at the mirror and admitted to herself that she did look really good. Eden was ready too, she just had to wear the dress and the shoes. It took her a minute to wear them since it was a very simple dress. Eden was glad that the store had the dress perfect for her fitting. It looked amazing on her and made her features pop out even more. ‘We’re really gonna be the hottest girls in the whole clu

Leo and Eden had a few more tequila shots at the bar. Leo looked up and down her body like he wanted to devour her whole. He leaned closer to her and said, “Maybe I can stay at your hotel tonight.” Eden smirked and got off her chair. She walked over to Leo’s chair and bent down to kiss him. “I would love nothing more.”Leo smiled and took Eden’s hand, walking her back to the dance floor. They danced for a while then noticed Georgia walking over to them. She said loudly over the music, “Hey, I, uh, I’m gonna go somewhere tonight so I’ll see you guys tomorrow.”Leo smirked and said, “Yeah, yeah we know where you’re going and with whom you’re going.”Georgia laughed and left them, disappearing into the crowd. Leo turned to Eden and took her waist in his arms. “Maybe it's time for us to go too.”“Maybe it is,” said Eden smugly, and leaned in closer to kiss him. They walked back to the bar, to get one last drink. They couldn't control themselves from touching each other and started making