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"Thank you." She avoided Hideaki's gaze.
Bella and Andrei thanked Hideaki as well before they all went into the lobby of their hotel. Mei Mei looks like she doesn't want to be left alone with her brother, but she doesn't have much choice. She can't stay with them at the hotel, she has a husband that she has to go home to.
"That Hideaki guy, what is he with you?" he asked as they piled up in the elevator to their hotel room.
They booked a suite that could accommodate four people. When the receptionist saw that three people, two girls, and one boy, not sharing the same family name, were sharing a hotel room, she quickly masked up her surprise with her professional look.
But Laurie, who is good at reading people's reactions, saw the receptionist's stunned expression before she could hide it behind her professional smile.
"Hideaki?" She narrowed her eyes on Andrei, "Why do you ask?"
