Winny’s POV:

“So, you’re telling me you’ve never even heard of that movie?” Alex’s eyes practically bulged out of his head, judging me to a full extent, as we entered through the hotel’s sliding doors.

“Well, I’m sorry,” I defended, putting my hands up slightly, “I actually had better stuff to do back in my teenage years. You know, like learning how to rule a country.”

“Oh, okay, sure, show off,” he shot back with a laugh.

I was about to respond when my eyes fell on somebody else. Right behind the reception was the hotel’s bar. There were a few people scattered about on other tables, but there was a single person actually sitting at the bar and having a drink. I could immediately recognise his dark hair and body shape. Why he was all alone over there, I did not know. But there was a plan brewing in my head. We had one short night in this hotel, and I would be damned if I didn’t take the chance and meet up with Jack.

Alex and I went straight to the elevator. He didn’t even seem to notice Jack. I didn’t really mind, though, it only meant that I could carry out my plan without the thought of Alex knowing in the back of my mind. We left the elevator when it got to the right floor and started walking down the hallway to our rooms. Coincidentally, mine was the closest one.

“So…” I whistled as we got to my room, pulling out my keycard and putting my hand on the door handle.

“Yeah…” he nodded back, his own hands in his back pockets. “Are you enjoying yourself so far?”

“Definitely. I’m still so grateful that you offered to take me and convinced everybody else to let me go,” I thanked him.

“It was necessary,” he countered, brushing off my graciousness.

“Well, I’ll be going to bed then,” I said, hoping to hurry this along a little bit. I didn’t want to come downstairs just for Jack to have disappeared.

“We don’t have to cut the evening off here,” Alex offered, crossing his arms over his chest. “We could go back to my room and watch a movie.”

I tried to soften the way I declined. “I don’t know…”

“I’ll even let you choose the movie,” he tried to convince me.

“I’m actually really tired.” I made up an excuse.

“I don’t mind if you fall asleep in my room.”

“Really, I think I’d much rather go to bed now. Sleep in a proper bed for a night, you know, not surrounded by boys.” It was a complete lie of what I actually wanted to do. Alex’s face dropped, however, and I didn’t want to upset him. “But we can definitely watch one back on the bus at some point.”

“Are you sure?” He tried one last time. “It’s a once in a lifetime offer.”

“Next time,” I insisted.

“Okay, then. But I’ll still see you tomorrow morning, right?”

“That’s why you should let me get some sleep now.”

“Alright, goodnight then, Winny,” he smiled.

“Goodnight, Alex,” I waved back as he walked down the hallway to his room still looking back at me.

As soon as he turned around, I rushed into my bedroom. Although I never had made any particular effort around Jack before, I definitely was going to put a bit more into it this time. I threw off the gray graphic tee I had been wearing, but kept on the ripped jean shorts. To make it even easier, I quickly snapped off my bra and started scouring through the clothes in my bag. Eventually, I pulled out a loose black tank top that tied together at the front, exposing my midriff. Technically, it was still too cold for that, and I usually would never wear it without a little support, but I decided to go against all of that tonight and put it on anyway.

Once I left my room, I double checked to see if anybody I knew was in the hallway. When I was sure that it was completely empty, I jogged up to the elevator and spammed the button. It had been quite a while since I saw Jack down there, I didn’t want to miss him. Luckily for me, he was still sitting on the same barstool. I shook out my hair a little and walked up, sliding in the chair next to him.

“Oh, hi!” He grinned when he saw it was me, his gaze briefly lingering down before rapidly breaking away.

I propped my elbow on the bar and leaned softly against my hand. “What are you doing here, drinking all by yourself?”

“You and Alex were out for dinner, Zack’s at the gym, Rian’s gone to bed to call his girlfriend. I was hoping somebody would like to join me here, but this place is full of dudes.” He looked around the room, as did I. It literally was just small groups of men, and if there was a woman, they were obviously there with a significant other.

“I’m not a guy,” I smirked.

He looked pretty pleased. “I know.”

The bartender came up to me and asked what I wanted. I ordered a double whiskey. Something about who I was and the legal age of drinking being lower in Dalewin left me with quite the acquired taste for some alcohol. My grandpa always used to drink whiskey in his library, it was only natural that I inherited that. Don’t get me wrong, I did enjoy my cheap vodka on nights out in New York, but this was different. And it seemed to impress Jack, which was a huge plus.

“You know, something doesn’t sit right with me,” Jack spoke up, still eyeing me sensually. “How have you not been swooned by Alex yet?”

“First of all,” I held up one finger, “I work with him, it’s weird. Second of all,” I held up another, “I can’t say he didn’t try in the very beginning, but I choose who I sleep with, not some guy.”

“Ah.” He nodded in understanding, taking a sip of his own drink. “So, what does a guy have to do to convince you.”

“It’s not so much a matter of convincing rather than first impressions.”

“Did I make a good first impression?”

“Hmm…” I faked that I was thinking deeply. “You definitely made an impression.”

“And there’s nothing I can do to change your mind?” He continued to look at me with a smirk.

“You don’t have to change my mind,” I simpered back, bringing my glass to my lips and taking a sip.

It wasn’t long until Jack and I were on our way back up to our floor. We went straight to his room, running past both mine and Alex’s. As soon as we entered and the door closed behind us, I pulled Jack close to me until I was leaning against the wall. His breath hit my face as he looked down at me, investigating the distance between my eyes and my lips.

I waited for him to make the next move, but was too impatient. My hands were already on the back of his neck. All I had to do was move my arms a little closer and he moved along. When our lips were almost grazing, our oxygen being shared I realised exactly what he was doing. His expectant eyes were waiting to see just how far I’d take it. But two could play that game. I returned the favour of teasing, going in and almost making contact, just to fall back the tiniest bit. It didn’t take long to turn him insane. He finally went for it, and he didn’t hold back. His hands were pulling me closer by the waist while his lips pushed in the other direction. The stubble on his chin and jaw scratched roughly at my skin, but I didn’t mind one bit.

It was only seconds later when he started tugging at the tanktop I had only put on thirty minutes before. He moved away just a slither and I raised my arms to let him take the fabric off my body. It was barely covering anything in the first place, but Jack still seemed to get excited at the new sight. He looked down briefly before connecting his lips to the side of my neck, touching my chest in ways I had been dreaming of for a while now.

Everything was so fast-paced and lustful. It hadn’t even been a minute and Jack already started fondling with the button of my shorts. Before it was over too quickly, I stopped him, moving his hands back up to my waist. While it could have been taken as a rejection, I quickly interjected with my own want for less clothes. I gave a hard tug on his t-shirt, motioning that I thought it was very unfair. Jack understood the sign, breaking away to practically rip his shirt off.

Immediately after, we were kissing again. It felt nice finally being able to touch him without clothes there to be in the way. Jack must have felt the same way, he was slowly, subconsciously or not, leading us further away from the door. My back was still pressed up against the wall every step of the way up until the back of my legs hit the cold edge of the desk. That’s when I decided to pull off my shorts, kicking them off, and getting to work on Jack’s jeans.

But I didn’t get to finish. Suddenly, he had his hands on the back of my thighs and had lifted me up on the desk. He was sucking on my neck when his fingers hooked onto my panties and shuffled them down my legs. One second he was there, taking care of my top half, the next he had dropped down and his head was between my legs. An unforeseen thrill ran through my entire body when his lips made contact with me.

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I laid next to Jack, taking a second to let my heart calm down. His arm was underneath my head as we both stared up at the ceiling taking everything that had just happened. My mind was blank and racing at the same time. It was like I was supposed to be overthinking things and regretting it, but I really wasn’t. Everything was just powered by the extreme high I just came down from.

I probably just laid there, doing nothing for quite a long time. But Jack was doing the same exact thing. Eventually, I sat up and looked around at the room, trying to spot where all my clothes were. My shirt was just a few feet away from the door, my panties at the desk, and my shorts at the foot of the bed. I got up and started to put everything on again.

“Leaving so soon?” Jack turned on his side to watch me.

“I’ll fall asleep if I stay any longer,” I chuckled and shuffled on my shorts, buttoning it up.

“That isn’t all so bad.” He propped himself up on his elbow, not even caring that literally everything was still on display.

I picked up my shirt and pulled it over my head. “Yeah, but Alex will be knocking at my door at eight, it’s going to take a lot of explaining if I’m not there… especially after I blew him off and said I was going to bed.”

“Hmm.” He nodded, his eyes still on me. “You and Alex… you don’t have a thing, right?”

“No,” I shook my head and put my hair up in a ponytail, “why?”

He shrugged. “I dunno. I asked him as well, just checking.”

“He’s just one of the only people I can bear to work with. We’ve become friends over time as well.”

“Is it that bad?” He laughed, rolling over onto his stomach now.

“It actually isn’t that bad,” I admitted. Afterall, it literally was my life. “Anyway, speaking of things…” I gestured between me and him.

He sucked in a sharp breath. “Right…”

“I’m going to be honest, I’m not looking for a relationship right now.”

“Thank god, me too.” He brushed his fingers through his hair.

“Although, this doesn’t have to be a one time thing if we can keep it under wraps.”

“I wouldn’t be against that.” He wiggled his eyebrows. “But I can’t promise the setting of a nice hotel bed.”

“I don’t need one.” I winked and finally left his room to go back to mine.

Notes

Sorry for the late update. I completely lost track of time!