*phone rings
He answered the phone just after three rings, afraid that his muse would wake up because of the noise. The caller spoke promptly after the receiver answered his call. The caller asked "Hey, dude! Where are you?"
"Can I skip it?" He asked after being questioned about his whereabouts. He was hesitating to skip his best friend's party but he also wanted to go with Zoey.
"Of course not! You have to be here; we haven't seen you since your arrival! Tell me where you are now, and I'll come and pick you up."
"Ok right!" He answered and then hung up his phone.
Tonight his friend organized a party for his last night as a bachelor. Since his arrival, he and his best friend hadn't seen each other's faces. They were just talking through the phone or emailing one another.
Due to his busy life, he could only free his schedule for 3 days for his best friend's wedding. His best friend's wedding would be held in a resort in the middle of an isolated island. They had reserved the entire resort for 3 days. It could only be reached by a one and a half hour boat travel.
He thought that if Zoey was an ice sculpture, she probably would have melted under his gaze. He looked at her again, contemplating what he should do now.
He then called the manager to reserve the room for the entire night or at least until she woke up. He asked the manager to ask someone to guard the door so that no one would be able to intrude the room.
After ensuring her comfort and safety he went out of the room and of the bar's premises.
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While still trying to figure out why Zoey would enter another room, Lisa saw her friend step out of the room again turning left; probably she would go to the comfort room. Following Zoey's movements, the staff assigned with the CCTV controls followed her direction. They then saw that there was a man following Zoey from behind. Fear instantly filled Lisa's heart. 'Was he trying to harm her friend? Why was he following Zoey?' These kinds of questions rolled up in her mind. Later on, they saw that Zoey being carried by the man on his arms. Was she in danger? Or was she just sleeping?
The man in the footage entered his room again.
"May I know who reserved that room and who was the guy going in that room?" She politely asks the controller. The controller looked at her and said, "I'm sorry Miss but we cannot tell the other VIP customer's identity nor can we show insides of the room."
The waiter beside her suddenly speaks up "Oh, I remember him and the woman. He ordered a watermelon smoothie for her and requested to have a clean blanket." He pauses for a moment then continue while rubbing his chin "So she is the one sleeping on the couch."
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Sweet could not control her agitation anymore, so she decided to step out of their room and search Zoey on her own. While walking along the corridor, she heard two waiters talking.
"Manager Lim said to guard this door and don't let anyone step in. The Male Customer reserved the room for the entire night until she wakes up." The waiter was explaining to his co-worker why was he standing there like a soldier. "Wow, this room is the most expensive room we have and he reserved it for a sleeping woman?" exclaimed the other waiter.
"I know right! By the way, can I ask you a favor? Can you ask Receptionist Joy that if someone looks for a woman named Zoey Alcantara, tell them to go here? I pity the customer who reserved this room."
Sweet who was eavesdropping the two waiters' conversation stood her body still and moved forward in their direction.
"Hi! Did you say Zoey Alcantara was there?"
The waiter guarding the door looked at her and nodded his head.
"OMG! Thank you!" she thanked the waiter profoundly. After confirming the whereabouts of her friend, Sweet just then fell to relaxing.
"We've been looking for her this entire night," she told them. When the waiters heard that she knows Zoey and was actually with her when she entered the premise they just turned her over to Sweet.
The news that Zoey was found reached the ears of everyone in their group. With two of them knocked out, they all decided to go back to their hotel room.
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While driving a black Mercedes, the man received another call. The unknown number flashed to his screen. He received the call through the Bluetooth device.
"Sir, Miss Zoey is already turned over to her friends. They also left the premises a few minutes after you." He cut the managers words, "Okay then, use my card's detail and settle the payment for the room. Thank you." And then he hung up.