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double beds so you’d have somewhere comfortable to sleep.”
    He shrugged. “I’ll be fine. It won’t be the first time I’ve slept on—”
    Derek was interrupted by a knock on the door in the sitting room, which opened up immediately after the knock, and in through the door walked an older woman and man who looked at them both with wide eyes.
    Julia’s jaw dropped slightly and she stared in surprise. “Mom! Dad! Uh... hi!” she went to them and hugged them tightly, and they hugged her back, holding her for a long while.
    “I have missed my baby so much!” her mother said, holding her greedily before releasing her to her father so he could hug her as well.
    They let her go and then all three of them turned and looked at Derek.
    “This must be Theo, right?” her dad asked with a smile as he reached his hand forward. “I’m glad to meet you, son. I wish we’d met before now. I’m George, and this is Evelyn.”
    Derek reached out for his hand and shook it, feeling the man’s strength and gentleness in his grip. He smiled at her parents and her parents both smiled back warmly at him.
    “I didn’t know if I was ever going to meet you!” Evelyn told him with a smile. “I’m so glad you were able to make it. This is a nice surprise.” She looked at Julia and winked. “I guess Ronald will be disappointed.”
    Derek looked from Evelyn to Julia and then he wrapped his arm around Julia’s shoulder and leaned close to her, kissing her cheek and making her eyes fly wide open in surprise. “I’m not letting anyone else get near my girl. I love her too much to let her be stolen away by another man. I’m sure he’s a great guy, but she’s spoken for.” He kissed her cheek again and held his arm around her shoulders snugly. Her face flooded with warmth and her breath caught in her chest.
    Evelyn smiled at them both and nodded, and then she looked down at his bag on the couch. “Aren’t you going to take that in your room and unpack?”
    Derek glanced down at his bag and raised his eyebrows. “Oh! Oh yes... I just set it there for a moment while we were looking at the place. It’s nice isn’t it? Huge. I didn’t expect it to be so big. I might need a guide and a map just to get around in here! Did you two get a good room as well?” he asked with a smile.
    George nodded. “We did. It’s a well-appointed suite. I’m pleased with it.” He smiled at Derek. Evelyn nodded.
    “I like it really well. Especially since it connects to your room! I can spend a little more time with both of you. I don’t get to see my girl very often, and I am interested in getting to know you, Theo.”
    Derek nodded. “I’m really looking forward to getting to know you both as well. We’ve been putting this off for far too long.”
    George smiled at them. “Well, we’re meeting up for dinner at seven, so we better let you kids get unpacked. We’ll see you in the banquet room.” He nodded to them and walked back into his room, and Evelyn hugged her daughter once more and smiled thinly at Derek and then followed her husband, closing the door behind her.
    Julia looked around the handle and tried to flip the lock but it wouldn’t budge.
    “The lock doesn’t work!” she whispered frantically. “The lock doesn’t work!”
    Derek tried to move it and he couldn’t get it to budge either. He sighed and looked at her. “I’m sorry, but I think you’re right. They could walk in here at any point.”
    She covered her face with her hands and then looked up at him with wide eyes. “That means you’ll have to sleep in my bed with me,” she whispered to him.
    He nodded. “I thought as much. I’ll put my bag in there.” Then he wrapped his arms around her and hugged her. “It’ll be okay. The hardest part is over. I met your parents and they took it well, much better than you thought they were going to, so let’s count that as a win and move forward. Okay?”
    She nodded and laughed lightly, amazed at the fact that her