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She continues to stand there so I feel the need to explain why I am here. "Can you tell him it's his neighbor who lives downstairs? It's about the noise."
Blonde looks miffed for a second before she closes the door with a loud slam. Rolling my eyes, I rest my back on the wall, prepared to spend some time waiting.
But to my surprise, the door opens minutes later, and a man's head peeks out.
"Neighbor?"
This must be Gabe.
First, look at the man, he’s a specimen; tall and well-built. He looks like a reasonable person with a good head on his shoulders. He's about six foot or so but I notice he is wearing a knitted sweater, which seems odd—who wears a knitted sweater at one in the morning? Aside from that, the man is… did I mention he is handsome? Because he is gorgeous. He has striking blue eyes, a perfect nose, a chiseled jawline and to top it all off a beautiful mop of dark hair. I bet he doesn't have to spend time trying to get his hair to cooperate in the morning, it looks perfect.
"Hi," he says, smiling.
His smile is the friendly kind that would melt ice instantly, bringing a smile to my face, too.
"Hello. Are you Gabe? Some blonde woman said she would get Gabe; he's the one who lives here?"
He nods and stretches out his hand. I accept the handshake. His hand is big and warm and I flush instantly.
"Yes, I'm Gabriel. And you must be the person who just moved in below?"
I nod. "I am."
He nods, his bottom lip jutting out a tiny bit. "Nice to meet you. I heard someone might be moving into that apartment, but I didn't think it would be so soon. I thought the building manager told me there was a lot of work to do when the previous tenant left."
"Like soundproofing? I guess they left that out." Despite my promise to be polite, I cannot keep the bite from my tone. I try again.
"Which leads me to the reason for my visit. There must be an issue with the soundproofing because I was told the building was…you know…Uhm," I smack my lips, "the noise coming from your apartment is making it hard for me to sleep or basically function in general. I can hear every thump and stomp, and the music is really, really loud."
I don't tell him that it is making it hard for me to arrange and rearrange my furniture because I'm not trying to look like a crazy woman.
"Oh," his eyes widen a fraction. "Oh. That. I’m sorry. I have a party now and then, but the person who used to live below didn't seem to mind. I think he traveled a lot or something. But we're about to wrap things up in, let's say…an hour. Say, why don't you come in and join us?"
What? Does he see that I am wearing a robe?
"You want me to come in and join the party, in a robe and slippers?"
He nods, utterly oblivious to my tone of disbelief or my dress. Or he's ignoring it. Either way, he adds a casual shrug.
"Yeah, sure. The party is almost over, but there is still plenty of food and drinks left.”
My eyebrows almost form a unibrow as I thrust my hands on my hips.
"Gabriel, right?"
He nods as the corner of his mouth tilts slightly.
"I came here to tell you that the music is too loud, your guests are too loud, and I need you to do something about it. I want the party to end if you didn't get the message from the get-go," I bite.
The smile falls immediately.
"You want me to tell everyone to leave?"
I nod, “Now we are getting somewhere.”
"I have a floor full of guests. I can't just ask them to leave," he says. "I'm sorry about the noise, but it will end in like twenty minutes. At the most."
Just when I thought we were making progress.
