Page 22 of Forever my Love

He smiled. “It was one of the first rooms that I did.” He motioned and she followed him to his bathroom.

It was a lot like the bathroom that was attached to the guest room, only double the size. It had a tall wall separating the toilet from everything else in place of the three-quarter wall in the other bathroom.

This shower was easily twice as big. It had a glass wall and was attached to a massive jet tub. There was even a fireplace at the end of the tub.

She’d never seen anything like it.

“Do you ever use that?” she asked, motioning to the tub.

He chuckled and nodded. “I pour ice into it after a fight that didn’t go so well and do ice baths. Other than that, no. I’ve never soaked in it. I have a hot tub out on the deck that I use instead.”

She nodded, feeling suddenly stupid, so she bent down and scratched Ali’s head.

“The other bedroom on this floor is next to your room. I haven’t touched it yet. Your bathroom joins with it. You can check it out later if you want. For now, let’s head downstairs so I can show you the rest of the place.”

She followed him back down the stairs. At the base of the stairs, he turned left and went back down the hallway by the front door.

“This is the mud room, laundry room, and pantry all in one. It leads back to the kitchen.” He opened a door, and she looked into a large laundry slash mud room. There was a long bench where someone could sit to remove their shoes, and there were little cubbies to store them in. There were hooks for keys, coats, or hats, and bins above for gloves or scarfs.

He had two coats and a couple of hats hanging on the hooks, and a pair of hiking boots and mud boots in the cubbies.

Everything was tidy. Neat. Clean.

Much like she and Harper kept their home.

The laundry area was just as organized and clean.

Then Reece opened the door to the pantry. It was huge. Wood shelves lined the two walls on either side of the narrow room. There was a door at the other end, and she followed Reece through it into the kitchen.

She took note of a small bar area in the pantry that he had set up with a coffee station.

“Help yourself to anything in here,” he said before stepping out into the kitchen.

The kitchen was not what she expected. It was all white. Everywhere.

“I haven’t fully remodeled this room yet,” Reece said with a slight frown. “It needs color.”

“Yes,” she agreed.

The white cabinets and countertops gave it a very sterile feeling. The space was huge and the appliances were nice, but the rest of the space was just… plain.

The small dining room attached to the space was warm and cozy, and had large windows that looked outside. Even though it was dark out, she could just tell that the view would be amazing.

He had a large circular oak table with modern-looking wicker and leather chairs. A built-in hutch filled the side wall that separated that space from the living room.

The hardwood floors were covered with a thick cream, gray, and blue rug.

They took the two steps down into that space.

“Formal dining room is back there.” He motioned to the room behind the stairs just off to the other side of the kitchen. “I haven’t decorated or used that space yet.” He shrugged. “Actually, I’ve got some storage boxes still in there.” He rolled his eyes. “We can head downstairs.”

She followed him back to the main staircase, and they went down this time.

They stepped directly into a large room with wood paneling on all the walls. Here, she could see the outdated feel of the home.

The floors needed a shine. The dark paneling was a lot like the stuff in the cabin that she and Harper had cleaned when they’d first moved in.

There were built-in bookshelves and cabinets along a long wall that separated the larger space from a hallway, which she guessed led to the bedroom area.