Scott McBaran's POV
I drove into the foyer before we got out. I was opening the passenger door before the valet was coming to greet us. I gave him my keys before we were inside the lobby.
"Hi, what can I help you with?" The receptionist asked me as I was giving my name and reservation number, courtesy of Addington.
"Here you go. Enjoy your stay, sir," the receptionist said as I was pulling Karla on my side before I was punching the button of the elevator. It dinged before we were inside it as the door was closing.
I was looking at our reflection before the door opened and we were on our floor. I was putting my hand on Karla's lower back as we walked to our new room. I unlocked the door and opened it before the light was switched on and I closed the door before I locked it.
"Well, this is better than before," Karla said as she was taking in the new suite that we will be staying. It was a honeymoon suite. I don't think Addington was doing that on purpose but I think he was.
"Hmm, I hope you like it. It was not too much, isn't it?" I asked Karla before I was unbuttoning two of my buttons on my black button-down. Karla was looking at my hands before she stared into my eyes. I was looking at her. She blushed.
"I think I want to have a shower first, so…" she said before she was moving to the bathroom as I was smirking at her.
"Can I join you?"
"No!" She shouted back before she was closing the door and locked it. I chuckled before I was looking at the champagne that was on the table. I was thirsty and tonight's event was too much. I think I need to unwind and what's better than a glass of champagne?
Hot sex with your woman in the bathroom, my dark mind stated before I shook that away. I cannot take Karla after what happened. Besides, I have to be clear with her what will happen in the future and I think I have to do that faster than I originally planned.
Karla Kuznetsov's POV
I was closing the door of the bathroom before I was locking it. I was leaning against the door before I sighed as I closed my eyes. Damn it, he did not do anything, and yet I was aroused by that action alone.
I opened my eyes before I was looking at the bathtub slash jacuzzi. It was overwhelming when I know that Scott could afford this. But I don't think I wanted this. All I ever wanted was to blend in and not showing off.
But of course, being a Baron, Scott liked to show off his wealth.
Yeah, I know his secret and all other guys' secret. They were all loaded. I know that Conall was a duke and he has been planning to introduce my sister to the High Society of London. Edmond was a Marquess and even though Lyana was not a person of the gentry, she was a marchioness now that she married him.
And don't get me started on Lucas Dow with Ari. Ari was a princess from Greece who married an Earl from Scotland. I mean, that was very impressive and I couldn't compare them to me. I sighed as I was leaning against the door and sliding down to sit on the floor.
"Why is life so messed up?" I asked myself as I was remembering what I said to Karina.
*~*~*~*~*
"You don't have to be someone else if you want him to like you, cousin. I know that you have a troubled past but that was all in the past. And I know that you love him no matter what his past as well, right?" I asked my cousin when we were on the rooftop as I was taking a step toward her. She was shaking her head.
"Don't,"
"I won't hurt you," I said as I was holding my hands up for her to see that I will not harm her. She was sniffing now and I know that Karina was a sensitive person. She has always been that way when she was a kid and not helping when her parents were gone when she was younger.
"Look. I know that you love him and I know you are in denial. You can always talk to each other about it," I said as I was looking at her. Karina scoffed.
"You see how he was. He was not a stable man, and I am not in love," Karina said as I was nodding at her.
"I know, I know. You are not in love. You're just…being lustful with him, right? Did you sleep together?" I asked Karina before she blushed.
"That's none of your business!" She shouted as I was nodding at her.
"Okay, okay. I'm sorry. I was wrong to ask that," I said as I was looking at Karina. She was looking at me before she nodded.
Okay, that was progress I made so far. She was opening up to me.
"You know what I would do if I wanted to know if he likes me or not?" I asked her as she was looking at me.
"What is it?" Karina asked before I was smiling at her.
"I would run away for a while and if he finds you, you know that you are meant to be together," I said as I was smiling at her. Karina was thinking about it and instantly, I saw that she was holding her stomach.
Wait, was she…
"And you know that he will come looking for me?" My cousin asked me as I was looking at her. Karina has this uncertainty that she was looking for reassurance. I don't know why but I think I have to give her faith in this that her man will find her.
"Yes, cousin. He will find you. For you and your unborn baby," I said as I was looking at her. She snapped her face to me as I smiled.
"I know, I won't tell anyone," I said as I was looking at her expression. She relaxed.
"And don't tell my sister, she would freak out," Karina said as I know who she was talking about.
Sasha Kazakov, but now she was Sasha Vouivre, the wife of the director of the Louvre museum and self-made billionaire, Pierre Vouivre.
I nodded at my cousin as she was relaxing now. I heard some commotion downstairs before I was looking at my cousin. She was nervous, I can tell but I was nodding at her.
"Go, find yourself and if he comes after you, you know it's real," I said to her before Karina was smiling at her.
"If you ever met Sasha, will you please tell her, I miss her," Karina said as I was nodding at her.
"I will,"
"Thank you, cousin. I see you around," Karina said before she was smirking at me. I chuckled.
"Well, I hope it will not be too long," I said before she was jumping from the rooftop before she was gliding across the sky with a glider that was built to her coat. I smirked.
I guess no one can mess with my cousin. She's unpredictable after all.
*~*~*~*~*
I was sinking myself even more inside the bathtub as I was massaging my feet. It felt great to be out of heels after a long time. I sighed before I was leaning back against the tub. Then, Scott was knocking on the door.
"Karla, are you in there?" he asked me as I was smirking. I don't make a sound as I was waiting for him to come barge in if Scott knows that I was about to run away again.
"Karla?" He asked again, and this time with some panic in his voice. Then, after a while, he was barging in the bathroom as I was looking at his frantic face as I was smiling at him.
"It seems that you are very impatient, Mr. McBaran," I said as I was leaning against the bathtub before Scott's garnet eyes snapped to mine. I smirked at him. He cleared his throat before I was tilting my head to the side.
"I was just curious to see if you're still here that's all," he said as I was smirking as I was arching my eyebrow at him.
"Oh? And what would you do if I was not here?" I asked him before his garnet eyes were narrowing on me. My heart was beating fast before I felt my core was wet under the tub right now.
"Are you planning to run away again, my love?"
"And are you planning to make me stay, my love?" I asked him as I was looking at him. Scott smirked at me before he was coming closer as he was kicking the door shut.
"Oh, I planned so much more than that," he said as he was removing his clothes and stripped naked in front of me. I gulped as I was closing my thighs even more.
I think tonight will be a long night after all that shit that was happening.