CHAPTER 44:

That night, Nikki arrived at Seth's hotel room. She had been up for nearly 24 hours and drinking nothing but energy drinks and coffee to keep her up. Nikki rang the doorbell to which Seth quickly answered. "Wow Nicole, uh…you look great" he said as he eyed Nikki who was wearing a tight red and revealing dress.

"Why, thank you" she said as she entered. "Have you've been thinking of me since we last spoke?" Seth chuckled. "Nicole, you're really funny you know that?" "Why am I so funny?" asked Nikki. "Nicole, come on now" said Seth. "We've been speaking all day. It's almost like you hadn't even taken a nap or something". Seth closed his mini fridge and walked over with 2 wine glasses. "Champaign or merlot?"

"Merlot" said Nikki as she sat on a barstool in the kitchen island. "Nice hotel you've got here. John and I always have a duplex". "Oh really, that's coo" said Seth as he was pouring the wine into the cup. "Here you go" he said as he handed Nikki her glass. "Thank you" she said as she took a sip. "So tell me something Nicole" said Seth as he sat across from her. "Why exactly are you here?"

Nikki set her glass down. "Oh Colby, you ask quite the question". "But you didn't answer mine". Nikki stands up and knocks everything from off of the kitchen table. "Nicole, what are you fucking nuts!?" shouted Seth. "Now I gotta pay over $6,000 for that. "Shut up" said Nikki as she straddled him. "No Nicole, you're fucking crazy! You're fucking crazy!" Seth shouted but his shouts were quickly silenced by Nikki's kisses.

At first, Seth fought back but then he soon stopped as he picked Nikki up and carried her into his room. He carefully placed her onto his bed as he got onto of her. "My God Nicole, don't you ever wear any underwear?" he asked. "Colby, you ask me too many questions" said Nikki as she pulled Seth in close to her. Seth ripped whatever clothing Nikki had on her (which wasn't that much) and tossed it onto the floor.

"Does John know where you're at?" asked Seth. "Fuck John!" she shouted as she pulled Seth in for another kiss. The two continued their heavy kissing as Seth began to remove his clothes. "Nicole are you sure?" he asked. "I'm sure" said Nikki as the two continued kissing. Seth began to open up a condom when Nikki stopped him.

"It's ok" she said. "I'm on the pill". "No way" said Seth. "I'm still using protection anyway". Nikki sighed as she rolled back onto the bed. "You sure know how to kill a girl's mood". "I sure know how to not kill a girl's career" said Seth as he kissed Nikki's forehead. The two surrounded each other as Seth began his rhythm, causing Nikki to moan loudly.

"Shh, we can't get so loud in here" said Seth. Nikki sighed as she placed a pillow onto her head. After an hour, the two finished. Nikki sat up and began to immediately get redressed.

"What, you're leaving already?" asked Seth. "Colby, don't take this personally but this is just for fun" said Nikki. "Besides I gotta get back on a flight to Florida to meet John before he comes out here at 6am". "6am!? God Nicole that's in like 4 hours!" said Seth. "You got it" said Nikki. "Wait, you live in Florida now?"

"We're in the process of moving there" said Nikki as she stood up. "I'm not letting you go to the airport by yourself" said Seth. "Look John doesn't even know that I'm out here" said Nikki. "But how is that even possible?" asked Seth. "John is back at our Florida home" said Nikki. "I told him that I came out here to gather a few things from our LA house and to see my mom and my sister". "Good liar" said Seth. "Well that's what high school trained me for" said Nikki.

"Look Nicole, I'm not letting you travel at this time of night by yourself. Make a deal with me, let's just leave at 4 to get you to your flight" said Seth. Nikki sighed as she sat down on the bed. "What are you in love with me or something?" she asked. "No, but I care about you because you're my coworker and I was raised not to let a girl go out by herself at this time of night" said Seth.

"But you were raised to knowingly cheat on your girlfriend?" asked Nikki. Seth became quiet. "Right" said Nikki as she stood up to gather her chain purse. "Don't wait up". "Wait, are you at least gonna text me to lemme know that you're alright?" asked Seth. Nikki nodded as she left. Seth sighed as he noticed that Nikki had left behind a charm bracelet with her initials SNGC. Seth decided to keep it to himself as a momentum of the night.