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“Good I won’t have you putting yourself in danger like that”

“I don’t want to fight, Mateo If this is how you’re going to be then we can do this some other time”

“No Said what I needed to say” I bring her knuckles to my lips and kiss them

The realtor had other plans but left a key in a coated and fenced for privacy Place belonged to some hot shot laent bankrupt and killed himself, but Nikki doesn’t need to know that Well that’s the story everyone believes but I knohat really happened to hiet through the gate, and Nikki is already in love with the landscaping It’s like a mansion tucked away in a private forest The outside is done up in rocks and dark logs Looks more like a resort than a house

“This is justCan we afford this?”

“Bank wants to unload it, so it is a steal really” Even if it wasn’t a bank owned property, between Grady and I, we’re rich as fuck, easily can pay triple this without s

“I think I’m in love,” she whispers

“Thought that hat you were supposed to say to et the key out of the box and lead her inside

“Holy shit,” she breathes out as we step into the foyer There’s a huge rock fireplace at the bottooes up from both sides

“I know, baby, I know” I take her on a tour of all three floors, saving the room I want to be ours for last

“And this…” I kiss her neck “Will be our room…” I plant my lips on hers and walk her backwards until the backs of her knees hit the bed

“It’s perfect,” she ue

“I’ned the paperwork It’s ours we can move in, in about teeks once the check clears on the down payment”

“You’re crazy”

“Crazy for you” I start peeling off her clothes “Whatta ya say we break this place in good and proper, yeah?”