Chapter 32: SET OUT (1)
When they were in the kitchen and the food was placed on the table, he just stood there and watched them before smiling again at the woman named Debina, but inside he was screaming at her to hurry up as he really was starving.
Debina seemed oblivious to his thoughts, but she excused herself after asking Arren if he still needed something and told him to call them only if he truly needed something. Arren simply replied politely and nodded to her. With that, Debina and the hotel staff exited the room.
Arren only ate the food when he was alone. He was completely stuffed when he finished eating. Arren sighed contentedly and leaned back in his seat. Food was sometimes the best form of therapy. Arren was suddenly lethargic; it had to be the food coma. Of course, he restrained himself. He did, however, believe that he had overdone it. He didn't regret eating too much, though.
Arren rested for a while before cleaning the table and putting all the plates in the kitchen. He debated whether or not to call room service again, but decided against it because it was too inconvenient. He decided not to because the hotel staff's enthusiasm was suspicious.
So he returned to the living room and watched television. For the most part of the day until night, Arren didn't see even the shadow of Spade. Which Arren found reasonable. The alpha was busy, and being able to give him some time even though they didn't have any sort of relationship was enough for Arren. He wasn't a clingy person, to begin with.
While Spade was extremely busy, his main reason for not visiting Arren in the hotel was due to his special identity. Spade was the Emperor, and going outside the palace was not always convenient for him. If he was always going outside, news of him meeting an omega would eventually reach some people.
Spade wasn't afraid; he just wanted to keep the news a secret until he revealed his true identity to Arren. Even Spade knew he couldn't keep the news hidden for long, and perhaps some of it had already landed in the ears of those people. The only thing that made him feel relieved was that no one would know the omega's true identity for a short time.
Arren decided to return to his bedroom when the clock struck nine o'clock at night. Coincidentally, he saw his phone on the bed ringing, and he answered it without thinking once he saw who was calling.
Speaking of his phone, because he had a fever, he had only recently discovered its existence and discovered a slew of missed calls from his father. When his father did not call back, he wondered if his father was upset with him. He just felt sad and didn't reach for his father, as he still had something he wanted to do.