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I sain That sounded fun I ht?"

"Yeah Joss," I corrected her I hadn’t been Jocelyn since beforeat round floor apartreat Fresh and clean

Like the apartian, except it had once been an entire townhouse Noas split into two apartments Well, actually, next door was a boutique and the rooed to it I didn’t know about the rooms above us, but the boutique itself was very nice with handmade one-of-a-kind clothes This apartment…

Wow

The walls were so smooth, I knew they had to have been plastered recently and whoever had restored the place had done wonders It had tall baseboards and thick coving to cos went on forever, as they did in my old apartment The walls were a cool white, but broken up by colorful and eclectic pieces of art work The white should have been harsh, but the contrast of it against the dark walnut doors and hardwood flooring gave the apartance

I was in love already and I hadn’t even seen the rest of the place

Ellie hurriedly took off the hat andto rin sheepishly as she tore off theit aside on the walnut sideboard, she beahtly She was a cheerful person Usually I avoided cheerful people, but there was soive you a tour first, shall I?

"Sounds good"

Striding to the door on the left nearest me, Ellie pushed it open "Bathrooht near the front door, but it’s got everything you need"

Uh… I’ll say, I thought, tentatively stepping inside

My flip-flops echoed off the shiny cream tiles on the floor, tiles that covered every inch of the bathroo which was painted a buttery color and inset ar the bath tub with its gold claw feet, I i, candles flickering, a glass of red wine in my hand as I soaked in the tub and nu The tub sat center of the rooht-hand corner was a double shower cubicle with the biggest showerhead I’d ever seen To lass bowl situated atop a white cera quickly in e mirror, heated towel rail…

The bathroom in my old apartment didn’t even have a towel rail

"Wow" I threw Ellie a seous"

Practically bouncing on the balls of her feet, Ellie nodded, her blue eyes set to use it much because I have an en-suite in h They’ll get this room pretty much to themselves"

H to see why the rent on this place was so astronoh, ould you leave?

As I followed Ellie across the hall and into the huge sitting room, I asked politely, "Did your roommate move away?" I made it sound like I was just curious, but really I was scoping Ellie out If the apart, then maybe Ellie had been the problem as the roo around slowly to take in the roos in each rooh The ere tall and wide, so tons of light from the busy street outside spilled into the lovely rooe fireplace, clearly used only as a ‘feature’ and not a real fire, but it pulled the casually elegant rooether Sure, it’s a littlethe piles of books that were scattered here and there along with silly little ite to ask

Eyeing Ellie, the cluttered rooan to make sense Her blonde hair was pulled back in amis-matched flip flops, and there was a price sticker on her elbow