Chapter 68

Hayden walked up, looking cool and collected. "Let's go."

'Huh? Is he not going to explain why he wanted to stay so close to us?' I wondered but felt too awkward to ask.

"Mr. Hart, why do you want to stay so close to us?" Demi, always quick to speak, asked for me.

Hayden pressed the elevator button. I caught a glimpse of his room key card: 308, right next to mine.

"For convenience," he said, just two words.

'Convenience for what?' I thought, my mind racing with possibilities.

Demi looked just as confused. She turned to Hayden. "What do you mean by convenience?"

I wanted to shake some sense into her. 'Is she really that curious? Does she have to dig into everything?'

The elevator walls were polished, reflecting our images. I watched Hayden in the mirror, and he looked up, meeting my gaze.

Our eyes locked for a moment before he quickly looked away and answered Demi, "Convenience for everything."

Both Demi and I were at a loss for words.

Finally, Demi stopped talking and just t