Chapter 774 Annoying Admirer


    Hayley''s POV:


    "Horace?"


    I blinked in surprise. "What are you doing in my room?"


    He raised an eyebrow, then chuckled softly.


    "Your room? Come on, Ms. Carson, don''t tell me you''ve had too much to drink


    and got a little mixed up. I''ve been staying in this room for a whole week now.


    Don''t you think I would have noticed if a beautiful woman like you had also been


    living here?" He joked.


    I quickly craned my neck to check the room number.


    808. That''sright.


    Exceptthisis B1303.


    My roomis A1303, justacrossthehallway.


    I''dghewrongway!


    "Oh no-I''m so sorry. Looks like I walked into the wrong room." I apologized at


    once, embarrassed, already turning to leave.


    "Wait, Ms. Carson," Horace called after me. "Since you''re already here, how about


    "No, thank you," I said politely. "It''ste, and coffee will keep me up at night."


    "In that case, let me walk you back."


    He shut the door behind him and stepped out with long strides.


    "That''s not necessary," I replied awkwardly. "It''s just a few steps."


    "I''m heading out anyway. Come on." He gestured forward in a gentlemanly way,


    and I didn''t feel like making a big deal out of it, so I let it go.


    We''d barely taken two steps when he started chatting again. "How''s Mr. Johnny


    doingtely?"


    "He''s doing fine-his spirits are great," I replied, keeping it short.


    Horace offered, "And how about you, Ms. Carson? What brings you here? Maybe


    there''s something I can help with?"


    "Nothing in particr. Just visiting, I answered coolly. I wasn''t in the mood for


    small talk.


    Hera didn''t like his scent. She hated when any man apart from Benjamin got too


    close to me.


    Well-Benjamin and, oddly enough, Truman.


    Even now, I still couldn''t figure out why Hera was so tolerant of Truman.


    Chapter 774 Annoying Admirer


    While that thought drifted through my head, we arrived at my actual room.


    "Well, here we are. You should get going, Mr. Boyd," I said, quickly waving him off.


    Horace nced up at the room number. A flicker of disappointment passed


    through his eyes, but he quickly masked it and smiled gentlemanly. "Ms. Carson,


    before you go in, could I get your number?"


    "Is that even necessary?" I asked, a little guarded. "I''m not much of a social


    person."


    "Well, they say we meet about ten thousand people in a lifetime, but not every


    encounter gives us a second or third chance to cross paths. Just having a


    coincidence like this is reason enough for me to want to call you a friend."


    Still smiling, he pulled out his phone and held it out to me. "So-what do you say?"


    It would seem rude to turn him down after all that, especially since he knew my


    godfather.


    But then, I had an idea.


    I smiled lightly and took the phone. On the new contact screen, I quickly entered a


    random number.


    Then I handed it right back.


    Horace took it with a suggestive little grin, like he''d just been handed a priceless


    treasure.


    His expression made Hera-and me-deeply ufortable.


    "Well, now that we''re friends," Horace said as he slipped his phone back into his


    pocket, pushing his luck, "how about breakfast together tomorrow?"


    I was starting to lose my patience.


    What''swiththisguy? Whyis he suddenlysoclingy?


    Maybel''dbeentoopolite-madehimthink I''mtooeasytogetcloseto.


    Holding back my irritation and calming the restless Hera inside me, I opened my


    mouth, ready to shut him down for good.


    But before I could say a word, a figure suddenly stumbled out from the side and


    copsed straight into my


    arms.


    Tcaught the person instinctively, not even thinking.