In the end, she walked down the hallway anyway, with me trailing behind her.
She opened the first door to reveal a bedroom with a large, perfectly made bed in neutral tones, highlighted with subtle lighting. Beyond lay a private bathroom looking nicer than her entire apartment.
Closing the door gently, she went on to open the next one.
Another bedroom.
Addy turned back toward me slowly. “So this was all planned?”
“Yeah.”
She squinted at me. “Are you secretly extremely wealthy?”
“No.”
Technically,Ididn’t have a single penny to my name right now, but that didn’t mean I didn’t haveaccessto money.
“You hesitated!”
“Did I?” I asked lazily, smiling at the way her cute face was scrunched up as she pointed accusingly at me.
“You so did.”
“If you say so, baby.” I shrugged.
Addy studied my face for another long second, then asked cautiously, “You’re not, like … in witness protection and they messed up the budget, right?”
I snorted. “Nah.”
She exhaled. “Because if you are, I need to know now. I don’t have the emotional stamina to testify.”
“You wouldn’t qualify,” I explained calmly.
She slow-blinked. “I’m sorry?”
“You wouldn’t qualify.”
“For witness protection?”
“Yes.”
Her mouth fell open. “Why not?”
“You talk too much.”
Kyrill lost it completely and Addy stared at me in disbelief. “That is incredibly rude.”
“So, you don’t talk a lot?”
She folded her arms. “I could be mysterious.”
“You lasted seven minutes.”
“That’s not fair. All of this is aggressively sketchy. It’s my first time being kidnapped. I’m allowed to have questions.”
“You’re not being kidnapped.” I chuckled. “You came willingly, remember?”
“You mean you got me cock-drunk and took advantage of my delirium,” she argued.