14 | XX Hotel

Blue made up with Adam. This was because Adam's birthday was the next day and he didn't want to come off as a bad friend. Well, this was not the complete and honest reason.

The real reason why Blue made up with Adam was because he had already bought a birthday present for Adam months ago and it would go to waste if he didn't give it to Adam on his birthday.

And also, Adam invited himself over to Blue's apartment and gave a heartfelt apology to Blue for what he said at the pub and informing Eliot of what happened there.

Blue had also apologized to Adam for being obnoxious and crazy all the time. After they made up, Adam offered to whip up pancakes for Blue.

So the two of them were now in Blue's kitchen. Adam flipping pancakes and Blue sitting on a stool, shamelessly eating the pancakes as soon as they came off the pan.

"Oh, that reminds me, I'm throwing a party tomorrow at XX Hotel." Adam said all of a sudden and the pancake in Blue's mouth almost kissed the counter as his jaw dropped.

"What the fuck?" Blue said with a full mouth. XX Hotel was a fucking five star hotel! How was Adam able to book a reservation there to throw a party? That would probably cost millions!!

Adam looked at Blue with an, 'I know, right?', expression on his face.

"I was in a group chat talking about how I wasn't really gonna celebrate my birthday this year, but guess who offered to reserve a spot in one of his parents' hotel for me to throw a party in? And for free too!" Adam spoke with an excited tone.

Blue opened his mouth to speak, but he truly couldn't guess who would do that sort of thing.

"Are you sure you're not being pranked or lied to?" Blue couldn't stop himself from asking with caution.

Adam shook his head dismissively and faced the pan, saying, "Sunshine Prince would never lie. He's rich and his parents are truly the owners of the hotel. But to make sure, I called them up and inquired about the reservation! It was really real!"

The only thing Blue caught from Adam's words was 'Sunshine Prince'. He very well knew who that was, so his face took a dark turn.

"But Sunshine Prince was only able to book a pool area, so it's going to be a pool party. Dress appropriately, m'kay?" Adam reminded Blue without looking at his face.

"Adam… don't you think this is all too sudden and weird? Are you and him even friends?" Blue asked Adam.

Since the other could not understand where his worry was coming from, he nonchalantly said, "I think we're friends now. We've been hanging out since he joined the club. And you don't have to worry too much. This is a small thing for Winter Dumont.

"I heard that last year, for his own birthday party, he took his friend group to a small island for three days in a private jet; all expenses paid by him." Adam said with an envious tone.

Blue found those words hard to believe. How could a person be so ostentatious? He found it revolting.

"Don't make that face," Adam said to Blue once he saw that the latter's expression was already getting painted with disgust and irritation. "Winter is definitely not a showoff. He's a genuinely good person who can easily get misunderstood. He's such a sweetheart, you can't hate him."

Blue fished for a pancake and blew on it before stuffing it all into his mouth. It seemed like his poor friend was already under a love spell. Not a showoff, my ass!

Blue could sense the bad intentions in Winter's actions from a mile away! Doing such a huge thing for free and for the sake of 'friendship'... Blue was definitely sure that Winter either wanted to get into Adam's pants or that he liked spending money for the sake of it.

"I definitely can hate him." Blue said, the image of Winter smiling shyly and calling himself his biggest fan was still fresh in his memories.

Blue didn't know what to do with the image. It never left his mind and it was getting annoying. But everything would be fine. So long as he kept his distance from that person, nothing would go wrong, right? Definitely.

***

Winter really spent a lot of money to reserve a spot in his own parents' hotel. The funny thing was that they didn't even know that he was the one who booked it. He had used a fake identity to do everything.

If he came up to them and explained what he wanted to do, he was sure that they would take it to heart and request to be involved every step of the way, turning his hunt into something bigger than he wanted.

But in this way, with them in the dark, everything was fine.

And Winter thought himself to be wise for reserving the pool area and turning the birthday celebration into a pool party.

It was certain that Blue was going to attend. Winter had already pictured Blue dressing modestly and refusing to get into the water. However, Winter's plan was to 'accidentally' push Blue into the water.

Winter was desperately hoping that Blue couldn't swim. That would give him the chance to jump inside the pool and 'save' him. But it would be fine either way even if Blue knew how to swim.

He would only get wet. And Winter was hoping that Blue would wear a white shirt. In that case, he would be able to see Blue's body through the transparent wet top.

Winter hadn't stopped fantasizing about a wet Blue whose shirt would stick to his skin and nipples would go erect through the sticky wet shirt.

Blue's nipples would obviously be pink. Just like his lips. And if Blue would ever let him, he would like to take them into his mouth and fuck…

Winter was already getting hard from imagining Blue's body. Thankfully, he was not out in public. Else, he would have some serious explanation to give.

Winter was still at home, yet to head out to the pool party. So he could casually walk into his bathroom and take a well-needed cold shower.

He had been taking a lot of cold showers ever since he decided to chase Blue. It just showed how attracted Winter was to Blue. Only thinking about him could get him hard, how badly would Winter react once he finally got Blue underneath him?

Winter didn't know the answer to.that question.

Meanwhile, Blue was in XX hotel's restroom, fixing his hair. He was currently regretting attending this party which wasn't even in full swing yet.

There were going to be a lot of Alphas in attendance and it was going to get rated 18 very soon. Blue was thinking of staying for only an hour or two before leaving.

However, after a couple of drinks, there was a chance his resolve would crack and he would decide to stay for more drinks and end up doing dumb things. So he had made a decision for himself.

"You can't drink tonight." Blue told his reflection on the restroom mirror.

Then he nodded his head affirmatively to himself and said, "Absolutely no drinks."

At the bottom of his heart, Blue knew that he was only lying to himself about not drinking tonight. But he still chose to delude himself.

He walked out of the restroom with a sharp aura, but immediately crashed into someone after taking two steps.

"Where's your mind at?" The person Blue bumped asked him.

Blue raised his head to see a guy who was about a hundred and eighty centimeters tall. He had brown hair and hazel eyes with a well structured face. It was a face that made the corners of Blue's lips to tilt upwards a little bit.

"Oliver, when did you arrive?" Blue questioned with a cheerful tone.

"Couple minutes ago. Saw you heading straight for the restroom and decided to wait out here for you." Oliver explained casually.

Blue nodded. Oliver was here for Adam's party as well. The two of them were childhood friends and Blue only met with them some months after he was freshly admitted into Chestfield University two years ago.

"Come on, let's head over to the party!" Oliver exclaimed, then he put his hand around Blue's shoulders.

Blue moved to step forward, but Oliver put a hand to stop him and said, "You're not wearing a pheromone isolator?"

Blue's face darkened.

Oliver dropped his hand from Blue's shoulders and frowned at him. "I thought we agreed you would—"

"I didn't agree to anything." Blue cut Oliver off with a very sharp tone, causing the latter to flinch with surprise.

"What is wrong with you?"

Author has something to say:

(Mini theater):

Blue: (breathes)

Winter: (gets hard)