She hugs me. "I'm so glad you're here. It's been so lonely without you."
"You had the boys."
"Yeah, but they're always with their girlfriends now." She looks over at Pierre, who rolls his eyes at her. Obviously, this is something she's mentioned before. "I needed my sister, too."
I squeeze her tighter, she's not wrong. I didn't know how much I needed her until now.
"Come on. Let's go celebrate properly," Pierre says before walking away.
Back in the living room, Harper has opened another bottle of champagne. This is not going to help my jet lag, but I roll with it.
"To Joelle!" Harper announces.
"To Joelle!" everyone echoes.
We drink, laugh, and catch up.
"We are going to have so much fun together," Collette whisper-yells at me. "The building is insane. All the things it has. For an introvert like you, it's going to be heaven. You never have to leave the building."
"Hey, I'm not that bad," I tell her, offended.
"You're a homebody. I get it." She smirks. Unlike her who is a social butterfly. "There's a twenty-four-hour doorman and security, which you met. It’s very important as there are hockey players who live in this building too."
"They do?"
"Yeah, Cap, he actually lives on this level. But he keeps to himself. So, you probably won't run into him," Pierre explains.
"It's true. You never see him. He's also super nice and cute." Collette winks.
"Excuse me?" Pierre says, hearing the cute part.
Collette rolls her eyes. "He is. But I'm not interested in him."
"You shouldn't be. Hockey players are nothing but bad news," Pierre says, narrowing his eyes at her.
"Anyway, level two has an in-house café, restaurant, and bar," she says, ignoring our brother's warning. "You can order to the apartment, and they deliver." That sounds awesome. "There's also a self-service mini mart. You tap your card to walk in. Grab what you need. And it registers automatically. Perfect for when you can't be bothered going outside."
This will be great in winter when it's freezing outside.
"Level three is the wellness center," Collette continues. "Pool, spa, saunas, gym, cold plunges. Everything you need."
That sounds like heaven. I think my jetlagged muscles could use a dip.
"There are loads of cute guys at the gym too."
"Lettie," Pierre groans.
"Not hockey players," she bites back. "Level four is entertainment. Movie theatre, golf simulator ..."
"Hockey simulator," Pierre corrects. "Cap requested it specifically for summer training."
"So, steer clear of that if you don't want to run into anyone from work there," Collette advises.
"We still come over and use it with the boys. It's great," Felix adds.
Right, stay away from the hockey simulator.
"There's also a games room," Collette adds. "Billiards. Basketball court. Level five is co-working spaces. Meeting rooms. Lots of remote workers in the building use it, that are cute," she whispers at me.
