Chapter 33 - Romantic Night In Paris

"What do you think about Paris so far?" Ludwina asked as they arrived at the Pullman hotel lobby.

"Graceful," Andrea said, not hiding his admiration. "My favorite city so far."

"Good to hear that."

'My favorite city, too,' thought Ludwina to herself.

They went to the receptionist and immediately checked in. The staff checked the booking under Andrea's name on the list, and his expression abruptly changed.

"I am very sorry... I mistook your booking and prepared a deluxe room with a double bed." The staff shook his head, looking guilty. "Will that be alright with you?"

Ludwina and Andrea looked at each other. The check-in staff incorrectly inputted the room they booked as a room with one large bed instead of two twin beds.

"Don't you have other rooms with twin beds?" Ludwina asked.

The staff shook his head with an apologetic face."I am sorry, the last one was booked already, and the guests already checked in. Why don't we give you a complimentary dinner if you take the room with a double bed? It's on us. We are deeply sorry for the inconvenience."

Andrea sighed. The staff was nice enough to compensate them with a free dinner at the hotel, but he couldn't give them a room with two beds.

"That's fine. We'll take it. Thank you," Ludwina answered in the end. She knew Andrea was not going to make up his mind to accept the hotel staff's offer, so she had to rush over to agree.

"It's okay, later, we can do a rock-paper-scissor game to see who will be sleeping on the floor~ " the girl whispered in a mischievous voice.

The bellboy then guided them to the 10th floor and brought the second suitcase. They entered a gorgeous room, with large windows overlooking the Eiffel Tower.

"This is perfect!" commented Ludwina, looking impressed.

She tipped the bellboy and started stacking her suitcases at the corner by the window. Their room was exquisite and furnished with expensive linens and classy furnishings, but it was tiny compared to the spacious rooms in 5-star hotels in Asia.

There were only one big bed and a small sofa in the room. If there had been a large sofa, one of them could sleep on the couch and the other on the bed.

Seeing this condition, they really had to do that rock-paper-scissor game to determine who would be sleeping on the floor.

The two of them looked at each other.

Andrea laughed at Ludwina's expression. Then he shook his head while tidying his suitcase in the cupboard.

"We don't have to play that paper-rock-scissor game. Let me sleep on the floor, but I'll ask for a pillow and duvet blanket ..."

Ludwina opened her mouth to say something, but she stopped. She didn't know what the best scenario was.

She was happy that Andrea was gentleman enough, taking the hard part by sleeping on the floor, but in her heart, she felt sorry.

"If it's like this, we should have stayed at another hotel…" She pouted a little. Unfortunately it was high season in Paris and the check-in staff said 98 percent of accommodation in the city was booked already.

They really didn't have many options.

"Come on, where will we go now?" Andrea suddenly asked.

"Hmm... because it's late afternoon, we should walk down the river Seine to Trocadero... From there, you can see the Eiffel Tower at night with its cool lights."

"Tomorrow, we can go up to the top of the tower if you want. We can have a romantic dinner there too, but it's usually fully booked and too expensive. It's more exciting to have a picnic in the square near the Eiffel Tower."

Ludwina talked a lot about the city of Paris as they took a walk down the streets of Paris, which was bustling with tourists.

They passed by painters on the banks of the Seine River, who sold their paintings.

There were also book dealers, street musicians, gypsy, Parisians trying to hurry after work, hordes of Asian tourists and noisy American tourists, and many more...

Seeing that Ludwina was almost separated from him in the middle of the ocean of people, Andrea stretched out his hand and grabbed the girl's right hand.

"You set our pace for walking, okay? I will follow you, " said Andrea.

Ludwina smiled broadly and nodded.

'Oh... why are you so understanding?' She asked herself.

Andrea realized that because he was tall and had long legs, he automatically walked much faster than little Ludwina. Because of that, he decided to follow the girl's speed so that they would not be separated.

For the first time, the two of them were finally near the Eiffel Tower, which was emitting beautiful lights.

"Aren't you going to take a photo?" Andrea asked.

Ludwina shook her head.

"It's useless. Because the French government still holds the copyright to the Eiffel Tower at night with lights. So even if I take a photo, it can't be posted. If the daytime Eiffel Tower, there is no copyright...so it's free if you want a photo."

"Oh, I see." Andrea nodded, understanding what the girl said.

They enjoyed the evening view of Paris before finally returning to the hotel to enjoy a free dinner from Hotel Pullman because the staff gave them the wrong type of bed.

After a good meal, the two sat chatting in the lobby about their planned adventure for tomorrow. Ludwina also showed off the photos she took during the last few days.

At 10 pm, the sun finally set. Both of them started to feel sleepy. Andrea and Ludwina went to the bedroom to sleep so that tomorrow they could explore Paris again with fresh bodies.

"Are you sure about this?" Ludwina asked as she handed the blanket and pillow to Andrea. "I'm fine if we switch. Later at 3 am, I will wake up and take my turn sleeping on the floor."

"Ahahaha, it's okay, Win. It's no bid deal. You don't have to bother. Just sleep. We'll walk again tomorrow," Andrea replied.

He adjusted the position of the blanket and pillow, then laid down quietly. He closed his eyes for a moment later and whispered,

"Good night, Wina."

"Good night, Andrea."

It was challenging for Ludwina to close her eyes that night. She knew sleeping on the floor would make Andrea sore.

'Hmm... I don't actually mind sharing the huge bed with Andrea….' she thought to herself.

They could make some sort of border or something with the pillows. Or, she could just go back to wearing a face mask, even several layers, so that the man wouldn't be tempted to do anything at all...

With these thoughts, Ludwina finally fell asleep at 2 am.

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