^“Time to take you to see our work,” Kaiden says as he walks into the kitchen where I am drinking a glass of water. It is ten p.m., but because of my nap earlier, I’m not tired. I haven’t seen any of the guys since Todd took me to my room. I unpacked my things, found some food in the fridge to eat and left a note to say I will replace it. I watched EastEnders because I love that show, but still I didn’t see anyone all day. It was weird.

I messaged Liz pictures of my new room, and she loved it. I still need to tell her about my other roommates. I know she will be as shocked as I am that all these insanely hot guys happen to just live together. I also had four missed calls from my ex-husband. I forgot to block his number, but I have now. I have no idea why he would call me, but I imagine it’s to gloat about getting away with his charges for burning my house down. I’m just waiting for the police to call now and tell me that they had to let him go because of lack of evidence. I’m sure his secretary will be an alibi for him.

“I don’t get why you won’t just tell me what you guys do,” I say and shake my head as I turn to look at him. Kaiden is dressed for a night out in black trousers and a black shirt. He kind of looks like a manager of some kind, perhaps they manage a company?

“Come on,” Kaiden says and hands me my coat. I put the glass of water down and slip my coat on. I get my shoes on by the door and Kaiden puts on a tight, leather jacket that makes his shoulders look even bigger. When Kaiden pulls his keys out of his jacket, I catch a glimpse of a silver chain around his neck.

“You are so going to run, my little missy,” he says and chuckles. I really hope they don’t do anything illegal because I would run. Very fast . . . in the other direction. Okay, not that fast, my core strength is not that good. I shake my head and follow him out to his Jaguar. It’s red and looks very bloody expensive. How the hell does he get this car down the small roads? Surely, he could have chosen something more practical for a small village.

“You must have a lot of money to have a car like this,” I whistle as Kaiden holds the door open.

“Something like that,” he grins, and I don’t reply as I get in the car. The leather seats are beyond comfy, and I sink into them as Kaiden gets in his seat. After we are both buckled up, we set off.

Kaiden turns the radio on, and the sound of country music fills my ears. That’s so not what I expected him to be listening to. He makes me giggle when he starts singing to the music. He is terrible at singing, but he seems to really enjoy it. After he nudges me a few times, I join in and soon we are both singing and laughing.

“You have a cool voice,” he says twenty minutes later, as he turns into York’s main city. The streets are full of people in this area on a Friday night. There is a row of night clubs, strip bars, and normal bars. I have been to a few of the normal bars, but I avoid the others. I only know they have strip clubs because Liz has been to a few. She always tried to make me go, but it’s not my thing.

Kaiden turns the music off as he pulls up right in front of one of the clubs. The parking sign says staff only, so I wonder if they run the bar. The sign outside just says Four in bright-red, glowing letters. The queue is huge and goes all the way down past other clubs. Kaiden comes around and opens my door. I grimace as I look down at my jeans and coat. I look nothing like the barely-covered women outside.

Kaiden surprises me by taking my hand in his, and I don’t have time to think about how nice his smooth hand feels as he leads us up to the two massive bouncers outside. They both are bald, built like tanks, and wear all black. I hide the urge to hang my head as they both look me over and frown at Kaiden.

“She is with me and always allowed in,” Kaiden says, and they both nod as they look me over. I watch in a little bit of a daze as one of the bouncers unclips the rope and the other one opens the door.

Kaiden walks slightly in front of me, and I keep my eyes on his back as we walk down some stairs. When I get brave enough to look around, it’s really not what I expected to see.

There’s a massive stage in the middle of the room. There are around twenty circular tables in the room and a large bar on the one side. The room has dim lights that show off the red, shiny floor and red walls, but the main lights are on the stage. The smell of alcohol is overwhelming in here.

Right in the middle of the stage are two poles and two guys dancing around them. Two guys I happen to know.

Andre and Todd are slowly unbuttoning their shirts as they dance to the loud music. Women are sitting around the tables, screaming their names and asking for more clothes to be removed.

Andre’s eyes meet mine as he slowly lets his shirt fall to the floor, and he winks at me.

Oh my god, I’ve just moved into a house full of strippers.