Chapter 9: Decision

**Nat**

"Look, Mateo, I can stay in a cheap hotel… downtown is easy to get to anywhere…"

"Today you stay at my hotel, let’s have dinner, I’m really hungry. And tomorrow we’ll look for a hotel for you."

"At your hotel, today?" — She was a little embarrassed.

" I’ll pay for a room for you."

We arrived. There was no room available today, even though I wanted to pay. I didn’t know the city well enough to be wandering around at night with her. So I asked if it was okay, we could sleep in the same room, I could stay on the floor, on the couch, etc.

"She was tired too, I think that’s why she said yes."

"We went upstairs. I let her take a shower first."

She saw my package, or rather her T-shirt. I was embarrassed, but I didn't give it back, I was going to need her scent. As soon as she entered the bathroom she screamed in surprise, I don't think she had ever seen a bathtub so big and equipped. Nat took her time in the shower, I took the opportunity to smell her shirt and put it in a safe place.

I went to take off my clothes, out of habit I stayed in my boxer shorts and wrapped myself in the towel as soon as she opened the door. Her eyes went to my bare torso.

Oh my god! He's gorgeous. I have to avoid looking at him. I hope he doesn't trick me and disappear tomorrow morning. He picked up his shirt from the floor, put it on the couch and got into the shower. I ran to smell his shirt. He didn't smell of sweat or alcohol. His perfume was of wood and rain. It reminded me a lot of the smell of the forest, which I liked to go to.

I didn't have a nightgown or anything like that, on the contrary, I slept in a t-shirt. And that's how he saw me lying in bed.

"What time do you need to get up tomorrow?" — He asked.

" At 7 am, I have to be at school by 8 am."

"I'll take you there and pick you up at the end, by then I should have sorted out the hotel."

"Mateo, thank you for everything."

"I snore, you won't be so grateful in the end." — It was the first time she laughed since we met.

I lowered my head and didn't know if I was awake or dreaming. It seemed like a fairy tale and I was waiting for it to end.

Things have never been easy for me. God, could this be the only night that could be perfect? ​​Wouldn't he grab me or do something bizarre that would make me regret being there?