“I know how much you love your house and I do too.” He didn’t want to rush their reconciliation. They had plenty of time to make it official, but in the meantime, he intended to spend as much time with her as he possibly could. “But in addition to this serving as my studio, eventually, I thought it could be our hideaway too.”
She smiled. “Our hideaway. I think I like the sound of that.”
“Well, the girls are getting older now. I know how much they like to have their friends over so they can hang out, and let’s face it, they don’t always want their parents to be hanging around.”
“True.”
“So, this place would give us some privacy and them too.”
“You just have to be careful about giving teenagers too much freedom, Gunnar. I trust them, but I still feel the need to look out for them too.”
That was one of the many things he loved about her, the fact that being a good mom was her top priority. “Agreed.” He led her down the hall to a small kitchen and separate dining room. “I’m thinking I may take this wall out, make the kitchen bigger with an eating area since there’s no need for a formal dining room.”
“That makes sense.” She looked at the thick, painted moulding circling the room. “That’s what I love about old houses. They just don’t build them like this anymore, do they?”
He’d always thought new was better, but standing in the midst of this little house, he could almost feel the love and hear the laughter of the previous residents. “No, they don’t.”
He led her down another small hallway, pointing out a bathroom in desperate need of a renovation and three small bedrooms, one with a three-piece bathroom. “That’s the master,” he said, pointing to the bedroom with the bath. “It’s not very big, but I guess it’ll do.”
She giggled, grazing his abs with her nails. “It’ll fit a queen-size bed. What more do you need, right?”
He growled before kissing her neck. “Keep looking at me like that and we’re going to have to find another flat surface in this place.”
She turned into him, looping her arms around his neck. “As enticing as that offer is, we should probably head out now if we’re going to pass by the inn on our way home.”
