Chapter 7 : Twenty Questions

Lena’s POV

After the exhausting press event, both of our parents—to our surprise—agreed that I should return to Cal’s place with him so we could get to know one another better. Despite Cal’s calm demeanor, the whole thing still made me queasy when I thought about it too long, and the feeling only intensified when he opened the door to his condo.

Cal’s place was nice. I didn’t expect it to be so clean. He struck me as the kind of man that wouldn’t care about such things. Not that he’d be dirty; just preoccupied with other things.

“Make yourself at home,” Cal said, clearly and visibly as uncomfortable as I was. “I’ll go prepare your room for you.”

“Room?” I asked, a little surprised. “You don’t mind sleeping separately?”

I didn’t really know what I was expecting, but I assumed we’d sleep in the same bed for the illusion of it all.

“If it’s alright with you, I’d like to get to know you a little more,” Cal replied, turning toward me.

“Of course,” I agreed, smiling to myself as he