She rolls her eyes. Stepping into the lift, she presses her floor and I smirk. The doors begin to close but just before they do, a foot sneaks in and a girl around my age, maybe younger, joins us, eyes wide and full of sparkles.
“Oh my God.”
Athena stares at me.
“How have I just walked into the same lift as Royce Lexington?” Her voice gets louder as each word is spoken.
“You were on my floor,” I say with humour but a hint of sarcasm.
“But this late before race day?” Her eyes slice to Athena. “Oh.” She smiles. “I see.” She turns her body.
Athena’s eyes widen and her jaw is lax as her mouth drops open. I slap my hand across my mouth and try to stifle my laugh. Athena clears her throat and the girl looks over her shoulderat her. I take this as my opportunity to move closer to Athena, curling my hand around her waist and dragging her towards me.
“I didn’t mean anything bad, by the way.” She nods, eyes bouncing between the both of us. “It’s just...” She pauses and now turns herself towards the both of us. “You wanted to focus on your career, yeah?” Her hand is on her hip as she pops it out. “But it seems you’ve forgotten about that and now staying up far too late—it’s not a good look, Royce.”
I choke on my breath as I try and conceal my laugh and Athena’s face is gold.
“Actually,” Athena begins.
I lean in, my lips to the shell of her ear. “Don’t bite, it’s not worth it.”
Athena stiffens and turns her face away.
“Just saying, you need to focus, Royce. We’re all rooting for you.” She smiles at me and I roll my lips.
“Me and my friends, Lexy’s Grid Girls,” she answers without being prompted.
“Oh.” My brows raise as the doors ping on Athena’s floor.
Athena grabs my hand and leads me out. Our friend pops her head out the lift doors.
“Why are you down here if you’ve just come from your room?”
Athena turns around, brows knitted. “Because I am going to fuck his brains out. We wanted privacy, but it seems we’re going to have to move rooms.”
Our new friend’s cheeks turn beetroot red before she slowly backs into the lift.
One. I don’t think I have ever heard her swear.
Two. She fucking bit.
Chapter Fourteen
Royce
RACE DAY
I wake early,my alarm slowly growing louder and it takes me a moment to realise where I am. I’m curled around a warm body, my cock hard and within seconds I bolt upright. Panic covers my skin in a clammy sheen; I blink through the sleepiness and let my heart calm itself down. A soft moan passes her lips as she rolls onto her front, curly hair splayed behind her cute shorts and vest.
Oh, yes.
I didn’t plan to stay here… it just kind of happened. It’s not a big deal, we’refakedating… it would be weird if we didn’t share a room. The idea is there and already circling before I can have a chance to ignore it.
Grabbing my phone, I message Nora saying going forward, Athena and I are to share a room. I explain that we had a close call with a fan last night who was questioning why we were sleeping separate. Not a hundred percent the truth but not a huge lie either.
She replies almost instantly telling me to fuck off and she’ll deal with it later today.
Hopping up from the bed, I grab my clothes from last night and pull them on. Standing at the side of the bed, I glance down at Athena. I needed to wake her but at the same time, I don’t want to.
