Chapter 98

To my surprise, Nicholas and Arianna managed to get along and ended up giving a speech together. Damien and I danced together once again in the Golden Room, to the same music we danced to the first time. When I heard Michael Bolton's final chord, I managed to snatch him into the garden before we were surrounded once again by guests.

He looked as surprised as I had imagined when he saw himself in the hotel's empty garden.

- Where's my present?

- You'll have to look for it. - I nibbled my lower lip and took a step back.

Damien frowned in confusion.

- All over the garden?

- In the immediate vicinity. - I nodded positively.

He smiled and ran his hands through the hair on the back of my neck. Then he looked around and I smiled when I realized he was lost as to which direction to go first.

- Look, Mr. Mason! - I urged him.

Damien looked at me and smiled in my direction and then started walking towards a flowering bush.

- It's not there. - I warned him.

He stopped immediately. Then