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As the global lead on the tealance in my direction, he told everyone he would meet them in a half hour at the restaurant

I moved to the elevator and shivered a little when he came in behind ether the past couple of weeks but would be apart tonight I felt a little petulant in ht?" he asked quietly as a few other people caood" I smiled at him over my shoulder "Just need to be an adult for a few hours and feeling bratty about it"

He couldn’t exactly kissIt was just that everything still felt so precarious Our relationship was starting to feel like a towering house of cards, and in a way I understood why he was inclined to take the physical side of things slowly: there was no established us yet No uy is totally my boyfriend

There was also a tiny part of hts further by telling hiht about what happened froathered most froh it, and that I hadn’t let it dictate how I felt about myself or who I would be I needed to ?" he asked

I nodded and he followedup at hi The cold March wind seeertips Niall put an arh the crowd, bending to speak close to et to tell you, it helps me immeasurably that you’re so honest For the record, I don’t think you’re being bratty I’ on the inside"

And like that, butterflies Lots of the up in the summit over the next few days He held rown accusto strides; alked easily in tande between us

"You wanted honesty?" I whispered during the elevator ride in the hotel, using the excuse to lean into him

"Yes"

I tilted my head to look up at his face "Was today too fast?"

He sed, i "Maybe a bit But I’m not sure I wanted to stop you, or whether I could have"

I closedfaintly sick

"Or whether I should have," he added quietly, placing his finger under "

I nodded, forcing a smile "Will you come by my room later? When you’re back fro ree to kiss me once, sweetly

"Let yourself in, if you want to," I said, placing my extra keycard in his hand "I have a ton to do so I ht orwho knows, maybe I’ll fall asleep at the desk in a puddle of hed and I adored him so much in that moment it was like a punch to my stomach With one ot out of the elevator at our floor and waved, watching hi doors

I woke to the electronic sound of a lock turning, to a slice of light that cut across the roo door Just like I’d told hi h to undress and throw on a T-shirt before cli into bed