

I know women would kill to be in my spot right now. His blonde hair just peeks out under the front rim, and it makes him even more appealing.


He doesn’t look like an overachieving business guru. It’s amazing how sexy he looks in just his jeans and a white T-shirt with some blue logo on the front. If he wants to make a day out of this, I should be comfortable. I grin stupidly while picking out a pair of jeans and flats to wear. My hands are going to be all over you in front of every-damn-body out there. “Where are we going?” I ask while going to open my suitcase.

It’s still really early, barely after lunch time. His announcement has me snapping my head up. As much as I wish I could, there’s no way I can tell Kode that I’ve managed to already fall in love with him. It wasn’t intentional for him to make me admit to myself what I was feeling, but he did it. But last night was the first time he has ever made love to me. Kode Sterling has taken me in ways that would have some people running to a confession box. Everything that has slowly been building between us exploded in a way that I saw coming, but had been denying. He comes to press a soft kiss to my lips, making me revisit the events of last night when he completely shifted the dynamic between us. The small bathroom off to the side brings back memories of our night in Vegas. “Figured we’d be low-maintenance this weekend,” he says while winking, waving his hand around at the small sitting area that shares the room with a king-size bed. Not a suite that would impress a girl, and I laugh while following him in. Many were draped in flags of their favored nations or dressed as their favorite acts.Kode is grinning as he shows me into the hotel room. Under spring sunshine, fans flocked in their thousands to a Eurovision party zone in the city’s dockside area ahead of the contest. The global television audience has been estimated at 160 million. A “Liverpool Songbook” segment featured past Eurovision stars performing songs from the city, including John Lennon’s “Imagine,” “You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)” by Dead or Alive and the unofficial civic anthem “You’ll Never Walk Alone” - with the audience joining in, as a tribute to both Liverpool and Ukraine.Ībout 6,000 fans watched the show inside the arena, and tens of thousands more at a Liverpool fan zone and at big-screen events across the U.K. While votes were cast and counted, Sam Ryder, last year’s runner-up for Britain, performed his new single “Mountain,” accompanied by Queen drummer Roger Taylor. Britain’s Mae Muller drew the unenviable final performance slot of the night with her jaunty breakup anthem “I Wrote a Song.” She came in second to last place - but at least avoided the humiliation of getting “nul points,” or zero points.
