While all eyes are focused on her skirt-chasing estranged husband, Kate Gosselin has set her sights on a romantic hideaway in Rockville, Md. — less than 40 feet from her bodyguard boyfriend, Steve Neild!

As we report in this week’s issue of Star, multiple sources confirm that Kate —in spite of her denials — has bought a luxurious apartment in the Palladian Condominium, where she can spend time up with Steve while her soon-to-be-ex-husband Jon Gosselin has his turn watching their eight children.

“Kate is definitely going to be living here,” says one building insider. Kate tried her best to keep the condo purchase under wraps, but her secret got out anyway. “She negotiated and bought the place in her lawyer’s name,” explains the insider, adding that Kate paid about $700,000 for the one bedroom lovenest.

“Kate feels like she has her cake and gets to eat it too,” snipes a friend of Jon. “She has the big house with her children in Pennsylvania and a hideaway with her new love in Maryland. What more could she ask for?”

Perhaps a secret getaway with Steve under the guise of work. Kate took her three sons to Wyoming for a five-day camping trip on July 29 with Steve right by her side. The trip was filmed for Jon & Kate Plus 8, so they can use the show as the perfect cover!

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