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So wherever we were going was relatively close to the apartment. Which was intriguing.
After slipping on my helmet, I climbed on behind Callow, loving that I got to wrap myself around him on the drive. In fact, I was so distracted by his nearness that I didn’t even notice we were making our way deeper into a neighborhood.
Until the engine cut.
And I sat back to realize we were parked in a driveway to a sweet little penny brick ranch.
It had a ton of curb appeal thanks to the flowerbeds out front that were overflowing with pinks, yellows, and purples. And the weeping willow out front actually had a little swing hanging from it.
“What is this? Are we having dinner with someone?” I asked.
“Yeah,” he agreed as we both climbed off and removed our helmets. “Come on,” he said, reaching for my hand again.
Maybe I was being particularly dense, but I didn’tget ituntil I saw Callow take a key out of his pocket and stick it in the lock.
“Callow, what is this?” I asked, excitement sparking across my nerve endings.
“It’s home,” he said, giving me a soft smile as he moved aside to let me in. “Our home,” he clarified.
It was, too.
It was clear the second I moved inside and saw that not only had Callow bought this house, but he’d decorated it. Or, rather, he’d likely done the more back-breaking work like refinishing the gorgeous, wide-plank floors and painting the walls. Whereas Daphne had almost certainly picked out the couches, tables, lamps, art, and curtains, since it very much reflected our mutual style. With, I had to give her credit, little bits of masculine accents in her attempt to make Callow feel welcome as well.
“Wow,” I said, sniffling hard as the tears flooded my eyes.
“Goodwow?” Callow asked, following me as I hugged my arms around myself as I walked through the living room, into the dining room, then through to the kitchen.
“No,” I said, turning to face him, then walking right into him, my face against his chest. “Perfectwow. Absolutely blown awaywow.”
“And you haven’t even seen it all yet,” he said, pressing a kiss to my head, then pulling away to grab my hand and pull me through the rest of the house.
The kitchen melted into a cozy family room before heading back through the house to lead me down the hallway off of the living room.
There was a full hall bath then the guest room, Daphne’s room that was full of bookshelves just waiting to get filled up, then the primary bedroom with, luxury of all luxuries, its own bath.
“Oh, my God,” I groaned as we moved into the bathroom.
It wasn’t even about the walk-in shower niche that Callow and I could easily use at the same time, thanks to several shower heads and more than enough space. Or the his-and-hers sinks. Or the soaking tub.
It was mostly just about not all having to fight over one bathroom anymore.
“No more crossing your legs and begging Daph to get out of the bathroom,” Callow said, smiling at me.
“You read my mind,” I said, beaming at him. “Everything is so perfect.”
“Yeah?” he asked. “We really busted our asses to get it done in time for you not to renew your lease,” he told me.
“I can’t believe Daphne was able to keep this secret that long.”
“I had to catch her several times,” he admitted, pulling me against him as we made it back into the bedroom that was a perfect mix of my bedroom at the apartment and Callow’s bedroom at the clubhouse. “But she was as excited about this as I was. But, look, I don’t want you to feel pressured into moving—“
“Don’t,” I cut him off, “finish that sentence. I want to move in. Right now. Make the prospects go pack up my stuff right now.Wait. No. I take that back. The last thing I need is for those guys to come across my vibrator.”
“There’s enough here right now to get us through a few nights,” he told me, reaching to slide his hands down my back, sinking into my ass. “And until we can get your vibrator, you’ll just have to make do with me.”
He pulled me flush against him, making me feel the outline of his hardness as we both seemed to have the same thought.
That it was time to break in the new house.