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"It’s just about three thousand Not nearly as big as Layton’s place, but it’s way more space than I need I love it"

I nodded h I was still behind hie house, and I alanted so smaller, cozier, if that makes sense"

He turned and walked backward as he srew up in a sle mom and all"

He turned back around and opened up a door, and alked into the huge master bedrooe bay ith--oh God It was theseat of my dreams On each side of the as a built-in bookcase The bookcases went fro of all the books I could put on those shelves to fill them up

I followed Reed as he opened up another door I noticed a huge walk-in closet that I was pretty sure was bigger than ht Whitley’s house in Llano froed and e!" I said

Reed grabbed

"Oh, Reed…" I turned and looked at hin all of this yourself?"

He let out a laugh "Hell no! My sister said a won the bathroom, so I let her make all the decisions in here"

I stopped and looked at him "You didn’t have Anna make any decisions?"

His smile faded, and he looked down at the floor "Uht Anna out here"

I tried really hard not to smile, but the fact that Anna had never set foot in this houseiant s It alht in the bathroo I walked up to the shower and stepped inside There was a rain showerhead, a few other heads--I had no idea what they did--and a pretty decent-sized bench I was stunned by how big the shower actually was Two people could easily fit inside I closedlove todown on us I didn’tI knew, I felt him behindshower, huh?" he asked

I slowly turned and looked up into his eyes Kiss me Oh God, Reed, please kiss me "It’s, um…it’s beautiful"

He slowly backed up and stepped out of the shower, and I instantly felt like a young child who had just gotten her favorite toy taken away As I stepped out of the shower, he took ain and asked how I liked the house It was al for…my approval

No, that is just silly, Courtney Why would he need your approval?

We walked around the property for a bit, and I listened to a very excited Reed talk about his plans for the place He wanted to build a shop, and he had the perfect place to arden I couldn’t help but feel just as excited as I listened to him talk about his future I desperately wanted to ask hi this all with, but I just kept my mouth shut