Episode 10
It's the day!
The past few days have been hectic, with both of the ladies surveying around the country looking for souvenirs for their families.
"Kitty, are you ready?"
"Hmm, just a little more."
Anya heard a car sound from the outside. She went towards the door and opened it up. Henry had already parked his car in the driveway and was striding towards her.
" Hey Anya. Where is Kitty?" He greets Anya as he looks around looking for Kitty.
"She still packs a little more."
"Where are the others?"
" They are on their way here,"
" Wow, you guys sure have done so much packing for past few days." he said in amusement as he scanned through all the bags and luggage in the living room.
"Hahaha, it's been awhile, so we're kinda being over the top when we buy souvenirs,"
" You're done with your packing, right, Anya?"
Anya nodded while Henry counted all of hers and Kitty's bags.
" Then I should have put yours first in the car trunk," he stated as he picked up two bags and Anya picked up two more.
Kitty, who just finished zipping her bags too, lifts her bag into the car trunk.
Beep! Beep!
Two other cars were parked behind Henry's car. The other men have arrived. Danny then quickly took Kitty's leftover bags from her hand and put them in Maxwell's car trunk.
Three cars, Henry was driving a Ford Expedition, Maxwell then drove his BMW X3 (ugh rich kid 😂) then Danny will also drive his shiny Ford Mustang that he always drove around to attract women as per what he had said previously.
Anya shook her head in amusement and smiled as she walked back into the house to grab her handbag and lock the door once she made sure everything was ready before they moved.
Yesterday, she handed the house spare key to Mrs. Erry, who lives not far from her house, and asked her to take care of her house while she departed back to her family for holiday.
Once everything is ready, they sit inside the car and drive away from the driveway to Bret's house. They arrived at Bret's house on Saturday at 6 a.m., which is a 15-min drive, so the drive there was pretty smooth because there weren't a lot of cars at that time. As they had arrived, Bret was already standing outside his home when Kitty called him to inform him about their arrival.
Quickly, Bret put his luggage in Maxwell's car trunk, then sat in the same car as his best friend, which is Henry's car. Leaving no time to waste, they resumed their 4 day drive to Country A. They will occasionally stop at a small town to take a break before driving again.
They could just take a flight there, but when you are traveling along with your friends. Every hour of their drive, they would drive into some town or pass into a country, and then would take a moment to settle down for the day, and also would spend some time wandering in the city before they resumed their long drives.
Thankfully, they weren't very lousy and picky with what their food was and where they stayed, so it was a pretty smooth drive there. Over time, they would playfully race with each other when they were sure the road was safe, and there were no other cars that would be harmed by their careless racing.
Two days have passed, and they decided to stay a night in a hotel in Country B. Darcy and Immanuel already arranged their reservations beforehand and once they arrive the Country B, they straight up drive into the hotel.
They were driving through a road that both sides were a forest. At first, Anya and Kitty thought they were lost, but once they went straight to a little more, there were security guards holding them from entering. Henry told them his name, and they opened up the gate for them to drive inside. They thought it was closed, but the road was so dark that they couldn't see anything. As it felt like an eternity, they slowly saw a gleam of light from a distance.
Once they were nearing, Anya, Kitty and Bret were in awe as they drove further inside into the hotel driveway. It wasn't a hotel. It's a damn castle. It was so spacious and very majestically the way the lights lit up the building, and there were already a few attendants waiting for them.
" Good evening Mr. Henry, my name is Jerry and I'll be your attender for today. Would you and the ladies and gentleman kindly follow me in? "
They came out of the car, and the hotel staff took their car and then parked it in their parking space. All of them gathered and walked inside the building.
They were welcomed with a very unique scent - vanilla, sandalwood and musk, with top notes of bergamot and ginger spiced tea. Everything from the exterior, the reception, lounge and all other public areas will have a beautiful and fancy design. You may feel like you are somewhere special from the moment you walk through the door.
Jerry,the attender a.k.a the butler, show us around including the dining room, bar,spa and many more. When the touring were done, he then give the keys to Henry and Maxwell as they told him to give it to them.
They, of course perks of being wealthy,book every room in one whole floor where were staying but Maxwell only ask them to give them twelve cards of the the room. Why twelve? Well I don't know because Anya also didn't know why they need twelve.
They arrived at their floor, of course by using a capsule lift,where they can views the sea and garden views. Couldn't help but wonder how much is it for a night. Thinking about the price can make you shivers looking how luxurious this place were.
Once,they get to their floor which is the 10th floor,Maxwell proceed to give them the door cards randomly and keep the other two card to himself.
Anya look over her door card, 5167, while Kitty were five door away from her and Bret will be staying next to Chad which is 5159.
She then looks around, searching for her room number. Two steps, three steps more,she turn to the right and 5167 was at the corner of the floor. She take the cards and scanned it.
Click!
The door opened. Featuring ocean or mountain views, the room comes with a relaxing space with a 47-in LCD TV, a white King size bed. Everything in this room have a white colour schemes,the bedding, the lamps, and the wall along with the furnitures except the lamp have a touch of forest colour.
She walked over the bathroom which comes with a standalone soaking bathtub and a glass-enclosed shower. The marbled floor and carpet look so beautiful with their unique designs.
Her luggage was already at the side of the bed and thankfully they didn't bring along the other bags. It would be quite troublesome to carry them back again to the car.
Anya then took of her clothes and immediately soak in the hot tubs. The journey was quite heavy this time compared to the last time she went back with Kitty. Probably because there were another more people joining them.
The water warmed up her skin as the drowsiness come inviting her in. The smells of lavender and chamomile scents from the soap fills the space along with high cup of red wine she had pour before she get into the hot tub.
She gets up, staring at her alluring body through the mirror. Honey skin, green eyes, dark hair lock, her face still have some acne scars and blemishes. The lights in the rooms was dimmed and the way she stand in front of the mirror staring at herself like a temptress along with the water still dripping like drips of honey on her skin together with her hair down, damp.
She still have her battle scars, the acne scars, cellulite and stretch marks. She used to feel insecure about it but not anymore. She love herself so much to think about people judgement about her own body. Having acne or scars or stretch mark or cellulite doesn't make her any less than a human after all so she doesn't care about it and leave it there.
Admiring herself, she pulls and put on the robe then strides to the living room to take her luggage. She reached out to take her clothes when her smartphone suddenly rings.
She broke into a smile when she saw the caller. They texts to each other but never really called because of their hectic days. She click on the green button and put the phone against her ear.
"Hey Anya"
"Hey, Alaric. I was just going to text you"
"Hahaha sure, sis. *Eye rolled* Where you staying?" She put the call on speaker and then take a shot of the hotel room view and send it to him.
"The fack?! Sis, it's Alexander Castle am I right? Wow!"
"Yeah, it is"
"You sure are lucky sis. They don't usually allowed any ordinary people staying there you know. Your friend surely spoils you guys a lot"
"I'm very honored to befriend them. They're nice and very friendly once you get to know them. They aren't that bad"Said Anya who is still in her robe,walking over to the window while staring at the ocean views.
"Well, they're still a male. You and Kitty are female. The only two female in the group so how can't we feel worried about it"he moaned in complain AGAIN.
Back to back,she will text them in the family group chat about what they were doing like if they stopped at a small town to eat or they stay in a country to take a picture or something. She will listed everything even the tiny info so they don't feel to worry.
"My dearest brother,you know your sister have a good eyes on people and I wouldn't put my life into their hands if I don't believe in them, didn't I?"
He sighed in dejection," Well if you say that then fine. Just be safe okay. I got to go, I still have to do my work."
" Urgh,workaholic. Don't worry so much and I'll met you soon my brother. Bye, I love you"
He chuckled as he heard his sister snickered at him everytime he mentioned about his work.
" Love you too sis"
Like usual,he would wait for Anya to hang up first. Her brothers have a habit of not hanging up until she does because they want to make her feel like they will be there if she needed them and would do anything in a heartbeat for her.
Ah, she missed all of them. She hangs up the call and stared at the view. Couldn't held it any longer, she opened up the sliding door and walked into the balcony.
Anya inhaled her breathe as sitting there silently for a while she took in the view of the ocean,as the salt air carried the scent of a sharp smell of cut grass.
She could feel the wind blowing against her neck and she welcomed the coldness to slip into her skin.
She close her eyes as she listen to the rhythmic crashing of the ocean waves harmonizes. She never felt so much calmer than this before.
The weight in her shoulder which all the stress and tiredness blows away by the winds inflating the sudden lightness in the shoulder.
The room next to her seem come lighten a little. Maybe Maxwell or Henry were staying beside her but he said both of them staying next to each other where it two door away from Bret.
Whoever it is, they probably be one of the boys since only them booking this floor.
The sudden ruckus in the room suddenly stopped and the click sound from the sliding door making Anya eyes to peek in curiosity. She could see a sillourate of a men standing in the balcony while his left hand grips on his water glass.
She tried to be as silent as she could be so she would be caught peaking at him. Hm, broad chest, tall, dark hair and grey eyes.
Wait?! Grey eyes?!
She instantly opened her eyes and met with the greyed eye men that were looking at her. She gasp in surprised because he wasn't supposed to be there. When? How? Oh my god.
"Hey Anya" he greet her with the exact intonation he always use when he called out her name along with his perfect white teeth showing themselves at her.