"What is this place?" Mhia asked Skyler in astonishment. They had decided to end the party early, leaving the management to his executives. "Just my simple hideout," he replied, loosening his necktie and unbuttoning his long sleeves one by one. She swallowed hard. She quickly averted her gaze from him and surveyed their surroundings. They hadn't left the building he owned. They were still there, but something greeted her differently when the elevator opened earlier. She was sure they were on the twentieth floor, in his personal room. When they passed a tinted glass wall earlier, she caught sight of a large room— if it could even be called a room, because it looked more like a spacious open area with a bed in the center, a sofa on the side, and a gray marble dining table. However, what

