Chapter 0209

Chapter 209My mouth falls open a little. Is he...to the third-

“Your room, Fay,” Kent clarifies, smirking a little at my hesitation. “I want to know everything you learned, but you need to cleanup. You look...rumpled.”

I glare at Kent a little, holding his gaze and letting him wonder for a second — just how I got this rumpled, and then I nod, turningto climb up the stairs. Kent stays close behind me and follows me into my room, closing the door

Chapter 209 behind me.And then I tell him everything.

Well, not...everything. Some of the details of Rodrigo’s life, and Sister Mary’s strong, visceral reaction to him, are...not preciselyrelevant. But the details about Ivan

confronting my dad, about my dad apparently apologizing to him and offering the house, of lvan’s warnings this morning? I tellKent every inch of that. It’s my job, after all.

And Kent, to his credit and my surprise, is very businesslike about.Chapter 209

the whole thing. I move around my room performing my little routines and Kent is quite modest about it all, turning his back to mewhen I peel my skirt and sweater from my body. When I head for my shower, Kent comes along, leaning against the door frameand looking away as I scrub and continue to recount everything I learned. I watch him the entire time that I talk and honestly I’ma little disappointed that he treats

me with such restraint.

Allittle bit of me had been hoping he’d be tempted. That he’dmavhe

But as I climb out of the shower, wrapping my towel around myself, Kent doesn’t even look at me, staring out the windowinstead.

“That's it,” I finish, a little lamely. “Um...do you have any questions?”

“I don’t,” Kent replies, finally turning to me once the towel is wrapped securely around my body. His eyes move over me almostimpassively, my body. apparently eliciting no reaction from him. “Thank you, Fay,” he says, standing up straight and glancing athis watch. “You can take the rest of the day off. I’m

Chapter 209sure you're tired after so much work last night.”“It wasn’t so bad,” I say, letting a little smile replace my mouth. “Ivan’s...a good time.”

There’s a little fire in Kent's eyes as he processes my words. But he merely nods and turns to leave the room. I follow Kent intomy bedroom and watch him go. He doesn’t say a word or look back at me as he opens my door, passes through it, and quietlycloses it behind him.

I sink down onto my bed in a huff

when he’s gone.

What the hell was that?

Did I...did I do something wrong? Does he not like me anymore?B

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