Disguise

Exercise a Little

I was gaping at the huge pile of gifts that were on the bed. Had Reece done this for me?

It was a mountain!

"He's really trying to make an effort."

I let out a startled gasp as I whirled towards the voice.

Grey was standing there with an amused grin on his face.

My hand was on my heart, "Geez! Don't sneak up on someone!" I scolded him and his grin only grew wider. Then a more serious expression came over his face.

"I've missed you."

My heart ached, I've missed you all as well.

"I'm sorry I left without saying anything." I managed to speak.

"We deserved it. We may not have done anything...but we also didn't stop it" he admitted with a sad look and I nodded. I refused to think about the past.

I think he noticed because he changed the topic. "So, like the upgrade?" He said looking around the room with a smile.

I couldn't stop the sigh that followed. I had walked into this room earlier, when I was taking a tour of the place, and yes, I do mean tour. This apartment was massive! And that's when I saw the mountain of neatly wrapped presents lying on the bed, put together to make a tower taller than me! I'd gotten closer to see if they were left here accidentally, but they were all addressed to me! When had he gotten the time to put together such a huge surprise?

"Yeah, it's um, comfy." I replied lamely and he chuckled.

"Here. It's the pass for this floor." He said, extending his hand to give me a key card.

"You place this on the elevator's screen to allow you access to the basement." He explained further when he saw my confused expression.

"Oh. That makes sense. I was wondering about this." I took the rectangular card from his hand and analysed it.

It was a plastic card, with the hotel's logo printed on it and the words 'B3' were written in blue against a white background.

"So, why haven't you opened them yet?" He was referring to the pile of gifts in the master bedroom.

The suite had three bedrooms, a massive hall, and a fully furnished, well equipped kitchen as well.

It also had a private heated pool, a killer sound system, and a lot of indoor games. Everything felt lavish and extravagant. It was another level of luxury. I almost felt royal.

I couldn't wait to try the jacuzzi!

"I-uh I'm going to return them. I can't take all these presents." My hand gestured to them as I spoke. I had to return them! He didn't need to do any of this.

"He's not going to take them back, you know. They're for you." He said simply and I sighed. Reece was stubborn, I knew that. It would be a task to get him to take these back.

"He can't reverse time, Flo. This is his way of making up for a tiny amount of what's happened." He continued and I held back a frown.

"It's not like he's trying to buy your forgiveness. He's just trying to make a nice gesture."

I waved my hand in the air dismissively and said, "we'll see about this later, then." Grey's eyes narrowed but he didn't press further.

"So what are your plans for the day?" His question surprised me, was this going to turn into an invitation?

"I don't know yet. Nothing exciting, my friend is going to kill me if she misses out on anything like that." I could imagine Xena irritated about it, the thought made me smile.