Chapter 18: Irina

　　The blaring of my phone from a call from Eve woke me up the day after the longest night in my life. 　　“It's two in the afternoon. You're still asleep?” Eve asked. Murmurs of pain left my mouth as I sat on the bed. Silence fell on me and my best friend. 　　“He went rough with you last night?” 　　“Alonzo has the stamina of a beast,” I absent-mindedly share with her. Eve chortled noisily, and I gnawed inside my cheeks, regretting what I had just done. 　　“I'm going to invite you to check out the new supplier of flowers in the hotel, but because I'm a sweet and considerate friend, I'll let you off today.” 　　“I'll come. There's nothing for me to do here, so I'll join you.” I notified her, yet I heard nothing from her, but an end tone. 　　“I'll be home late, Irina. I decided not to wake you up. You need sleep because you need energy later.” There was a winking emoji at the end of Alonzo's note. 　　“Is he insinuating in this letter that we'll fuck again tonight?” I said to myself. My cheeks flus