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“No I like to live alone”

He stifled a chuckle as he peeked into the dining area off the kitchen It held a large wooden table, stained black, and red upholstered chairs “Do you eat in there, or just drink blood?”

“Vampire jokes? How very ordinary” She sashayed toward hi “Since there appears to be no getting rid of you, I’ll show you to your room” She flashed a dark look over her shoulder “We aren’t sharing”

Yeah, he hadn’t thought they would be Sipping the wine, which wasn’t half bad, but still wasn’t beer, he followed her along the hallway fro room

Rachel pointed at doors as they passed “Study, lavatory, cloakroom, laundry room” They turned a corner “The pool is up those stairs” She pointed to a short staircase in the corner “You’ll find extra bathing suits in the closet”

“Pool?” In London? Was it an ice rink six months of the year?

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sp; “It’s indoors, heated, and on the small side But it suffices” She strode up the steps and opened the door, so he could look inside And sure enough, there was a decent-sized pool with a sers dotted around

“I can only iine how hard it is to have to make do”

Her lips twitched, but instead of s, she sipped her wine

“Is that a gnoiant concrete gno in it “Doesn’t exactly go with the rest of your décor”

“My brother, Sebastian, gave it to et around to it, I’ll have it deposited at the bottos”

Harvard suspected she’d take years to get around to it and wondered how long it had been there already He didn’t plan to ask though; there was no way Rachel would adift

They left the pool room and Rachel led hi around until they stopped in a short hallway There were four doors

She pointed to the one farthest away “That leads out to the fire escape stairway and service elevator There’s a small entryway beyond that door that I never use Both the interior door and the one leading into the rest of the building are locked and alarmed” She cocked a thumb over her shoulder to the door behind her “That’s my bedroom” She stepped past him and threw open the door nearest Harvard “This will be your room”