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“Is there any chance you’ve got a twin room available?” Gemma said. “Or maybe a double with a sofa? I don’t mind sleeping on that.”

“Don’t be silly. If there’s a sofa, I’ll be the one to sleep on it,” Kent replied.

“We don’t have anything else at all,” Magdalen said. “I’m so sorry, I really am. All our other rooms are booked up for thenight. We’ve got guests coming for the weekend sailing event. Why don’t I book you a taxi, get you home that way?”

Gemma mulled the comment over.

“If we go home, we’ve got to come back here to pick up our cars tomorrow. That’s hardly the most productive use of time.”

Kent nodded in agreement.

“It’s fine. There are plenty of cushions. We can put them down the middle or something. Actually, there might be room for me to sleep on the floor?”

“Oh, I feel terrible,” Magdalen said.

Gemma shook her head. “Don’t be silly. You did a really nice thing. We’ll work it out. This is fine, honestly. It will just be like a work sleepover.”

“A work sleepover,” Kent said, raising his eyebrow as a smirk twisted on his lips. It took all Gemma’s strength to suppress her giggle. After all, Magdalen was clearly upset over the misunderstanding and Gemma didn’t want to appear rude.

“Well, I’ll leave you to it,” Magdalen said. “And I’m sorry again.”

She went to leave, only to step back into the room and look at the pair.

“You swear you’re not a couple, and you’re not just winding me up?” she said.

“Definitely not.”

“Absolutely not.”

Kent and Gemma spoke simultaneously, at which point Magdalen gave a short shrug before turning back to the door for a second time.

A moment later, she shut the door behind her, leaving Kent and Gemma alone in the bedroom.

“Well, this was unexpected,” Kent said.

“That’s one way of putting it.”

CHAPTER 54

Gemma stood and stared at the space. It really was stunningly decorated, but it wasn’t the largest of rooms. There was a small tub chair under the dressing table, but it didn’t look big enough to sleep in, and it wasn’t like one of them could even sleep in the bath, given that the ensuite only had a shower. Added to that, she didn’t have any night clothes to get dressed in, and her jumpsuit wasn’t exactly the comfiest to go to bed in.

“So, how do you want to do this?” Kent said. “Do you want to get undressed and under the covers while I close my eyes, and I’ll do the same?”

“I’m sure I don’t need to close my eyes to see a man strip down to his boxer shorts,” Gemma replied, only for a surge of fear to rocket through her. “You were only going to strip down to your boxer shorts, weren’t you?”

“Yes,” he said, with a look of shock. “Of course I was.”

“Okay,” she said, her pulse going back to normal. “And which side of the bed do you want?”

“I don’t mind, whichever one you don’t want, I guess.”

“Well, I normally sleep in the middle of the bed,” Gemma admitted. “But I’m not sure that’s going to work right now.”

“Possibly not,” Kent agreed.

They were still staring at the bed, pondering what to do, when there was a knock on the door.

“Maybe Magdalen has found us another room, after all,” Gemma said before moving and opening it.