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"Oh?"

"Yeah" He shuffled his feet nervously "I usually take everyone to the condo I share with Noah It’s in Burbank"

"Oh okay" I offered hi This had to ht? He had taken me to his real home and not the home that he has on show

"Would you like a tour?" He seemed unsure and that uncertainty endearedoff his favorite toy My heart went out to hireat childhood and that his ie of the world had been shaped by events that had occurred in his life when he was six

"I would love a tour What are aiting for?" I linked h his and s roos?"

"I’m involved with a hospital that does research on children with cancer These are so" I looked at the paintings and was bloay by the talent of the children and the fact that Zane had hung their ies in frames on his walls

"The ornaotten from my travels"

"Do you like to travel a lot?"

"I did" He paused "My father used to take us all over the world with hier He had a lot of movie releases in other countries"

"That reat way to learn about other cultures and people Many of the guys I know, all they care about is their own small microcosm--it’s all about ood tiree"

"But that’s a conversation for another tiot the table, solid wood by the way, shipped froeous"

"The chairs aren’t very coet them replaced"

"At least they are pretty to look at"

"Who know that metal chairs would be so uncoh here is the kitchen Some people don’t like white cabinetry, but I love it, I think it looks so fresh and clean I got the hardware at Anthropologie"

"I didn’t know guys knew about Anthropologie"

"Oh I didn’t A girl I was dating at the ti quite a few pieces that I liked"

"Oh, that’s cool" I tried to ignore the knotting jealousy in irlfriend?

"And of course all stainless steel And a gas oven"

"Do you cook a lot then?"

"No" He laughed again "I’ve thought about getting a cook though"

"I can cook for you if you want I really enjoy cooking"

"That would be great, if you didn’t mind, of course"

"I wouldn’t o upstairs Let o outside?" I pointed to the French doors

"We can go later Maybe we can even go for a swim"

"You have a pool here?" I said excitedly

"Of course" He grabbed ht and spacious with a lot of s I was pleased to see carpet on the floors I like hardwood a lot, but there is so carpet in the bedrooms that o to my room first" He winked and I followed him to a door at the end of the hallway I walked in slowly and looked around carefully to see what I could figure out about him from his room I was surprised that he had a queen size bed in the center of his room, and directly opposite fro on the wall His nightstand only contained a lamp and a book, and his duvet was a navy blue shiny color that I hated I looked to the corner of the rooe bayNext to the as a small bookshelf, ell-tousled books that looked like they had been read and there was a huge chest of drawers against the wall I walked over to the bookshelf to see what books he read and was pleasantly surprised to see the names of authors I loved and enjoyed as well

"What’s your favorite book?" I asked him curiously

"My favorite? That’s hard" He paused "But my top three would have to be Crime and Punishway, and Paradise Lost by Milton"

"Nice choices"

"What about you?"

"Well, I have to adhed "I love A Tale of Two Cities by Dickens, I preferred The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky, and of course my absolute all tirinned

"Yeah, but I also love books like Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire and as you know, I’ve read Fifty Shades, and I enjoyed it"