Chapter 223

I open my eyes when I realize, quite suddenly, that Kent is not walking me towards the office door that I came through. Instead, he heads to the back of the office towards where he keeps a shelf full of leather–bound books that I’ve never really thought much about before.

“Where are we going?” I ask, a little shocked and more than a little curious.

“The door,” Kent replies, and I hear something in his voice that’s a little smug.

I frown up at him, confused, wanting to be in on the secret.

“That one,” he says, bringing me close to the bookshelf and nodding towards it, not looking at me. “The green one. With the gilt title.”

Hesitant, I reach out a hand and touch the book he indicated, pulling it towards me. The book tilts in my hand, but instead of sliding off the shelf it pivots forward and clicks. Then, I gasp as the whole bookshelf swiftly spins away, revealing…a corridor.

“Oh my god,” I whisper, looking up at Kent, shocked. “You – you have secret passages?”

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in a way that makes

suddenly wanting to know all of them, and he laughs at me

peeks around drawn white shades. My jaw drops open as I realize that I’m – I’m in Kent’s bedroom – and that we got here from a secret entrance from his

in the room. It’s a huge space that’s predictably sparsely but tastefully

impeccably organized. The entire thing is

wood accents, and it’s dark and moody – just

over to his bed and slowly lowers me down onto it, letting me

my bare bottom is caressed by the softest sheets I think I’ve ever felt. I blush as I realize, suddenly, that

a mental assessment of myself

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my train of thought as I look up at him, though, surprised that he’s being so gentle with me – coddling me, really.

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