Chapter 47: Unexpected

Henley

“Ready to go?” Declan asked, arching an eyebrow.

“I’m ready if you are.” I nodded, still reeling from him casually asking me if I was on birth control and then telling me he would call to make the appointment for me. I guessed I should have already made the appointment, but I’d been busy. But if tonight didn’t tell me anything else, it was that I was going to have to make the time.

He paid the bill and then escorted me out.

“Don’t you want to say goodbye to Trent?”

He chuckled, shaking his head. “I’ll see him at home.”

“But won’t he be worried if he sees that you’re not here?”

Declan shook his head, smiling. “No. We do this all the time. We don’t keep close tabs on each other.” He shrugged. “I guess that’s why it works with us being roommates.”

I sighed, not used to that. I couldn’t leave the palace without someone knowing where I was. And if I was out with Ari and disappeared on her like that, she’d have a heart attack and would never let me hear the end of it.