Apologies

Choi has just finished a nice warm shower, when there was a knock at the door of his hotel room. Wrapping a towel around his waist and tucking it in at the waist, Yeong answered the door.

Standing outside was Dahlia with a bucket of ice with a champagne bottle inside. Choi wondered what she wanted.

“What are you doing here,” he asked.

“I’ve come to apologize,” Dahlia answered, holding the champagne in ice forward.

“For what?” Choi probed.

“I feel my actions may have made you angry tonight,” she responded, forcing her way around him and placing the bucket upon the table inside.

“I’m really tired right now, Dahlia,” Choi explained. “Your actions confused me; they didn’t make me angry. What made me angry is that no one was jumping to work alongside me.”

Dahlia produced a pout with her lower lip. “I did,” she softly said.

“Like I said,” Choi went on, “you’re confusing me with this.”

“I’m sorry,” Dahlia asserted, “but I find you very attractive. I want to spend time with you on this mission.”

Dahlia lifted the bottle from the ice. Popping the plug away from Choi, she poured it in two of the plastic cups in his room. She handed one to Yeong.

“One drink,” he said, looking down at the towel, “after I put on some clothes.”

Dahlia sighed as Choi gathered a pair of athletic shorts and boxer-briefs. He returned wearing only those items. Choi was not shy about his toned body.

“Nice abs,” Dahlia said in a low, alluring voice.

“I do work hard on conditioning,” Choi bragged. Then getting back to the discussion after Dahlia handed him a drink, he said, “I mean if Alyssa volunteered, she’d have people falling over their feet to work with her. Same with you and the Princess.” He shrugged as he added, “I can’t even get my partner to join me.”

“Consider me your partner,” Dahlia stated as she lifted her cup for a toast.

Choi thought for a moment. They were ordered to work together. Even the Council was getting involved. So, technically, Choi could work with Dahlia.

He tapped her glass with his, “Okay! Your on! You can come with me.”

Dahlia smiled, “Yes! That would be nice!”