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“Thank you for caring,” she whispered.

He didn’t say anything and she could see his body relax as if a huge weight was thrown from his shoulders.

“Don’t mess with my stuff though, I might have things I would be embarrassed for you to see.” She smirked playfully.

He chuckled and she skipped off to the bathroom to enjoy a warm bath, one she knew she would enjoy.

Chapter 40

Cold air made her skin prickle when she opened the door back into the main bedroom a while later.

To her surprise, there was no fireplace in their room which meant there was no way to heat the area they would be sleeping in. Considering she had Kaden to keep her warm, she didn’t really want to complain.

Her towel draped around her loosely and her wet tangled hair fell down her back farther than she would prefer. She hadn’t cut it for a while now and knew if she didn’t soon it would drive her mad.

A tug in her stomach made her look towards the bed, Kaden staring at her with so much intensity she felt her knees wobble.

“Have a nice bath?” he said casually, his eyes still gazing over her half naked body.

“Yeah,” she said, her mouth suddenly dry.

Tension was rising in the room and she cleared her throat before taking a few steps towards her bag.

“It’s strange they don’t have a heat source in here,” she said, hoping to ease the tension.

“A lot of things are strange about this place.”

She could hear the weariness in his voice and finally started to open her bag to grab her cotton night clothes. His clothes were already laid out along one of the dressers and she figured she should do the same at some point.

“No fireplace, extravagant furniture, and a washroom the size of a normal sized house. It’s as if they entertain wealthy guests often.” She chuckled and turned to see him still watching her intently.

“Either that or they use these rooms for other things.”

She tilted her head and raised her brow in confusion.

“You mean like sex rooms?” she giggled.

“You saw the way that man looked you over, which by the way made me want to rip his head off.” he snorted and she tried to cover her laugh quickly. “It wouldn’t surprise me if he uses these for a temporary brothel or something for his guards.”

The concept was logical, and her skin crawled again at the image of Oak under any female.

It was his turn to laugh at her as she visibly shook from disgust and she shot him a playful glare.

“I really hope this room hasn’t been used in a while.” She gagged and headed back towards the bathroom.

“I can just close my eyes if you want to change out here.”

She threw a playful look over her shoulder and laughed.

“The bathroom is warmer.”

He smirked back at her and she disappeared behind the door to change, her body getting more exhausted by the minute from today's travels.

Once changed, she braided her hair into two long twin braids and walked back out to the room, her eyes casually glancing at Kaden.

He had undressed, his top half completely bare like usual and his bottom half was covered with dark silk sheets. Looking at his half naked body still made color rush to her cheeks, his physic one of perfection in her eyes.

She looked away before he could notice her face flushing and put her dirty clothes in a pile by the door.