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He laughed. “Have you never been to a rural area before?” He set the cooler on the table with a loud thunk.
“And I suppose you have?”
He grinned at me. “I grew up in Nebraska. Of course I have. I lived in a city with about three hundred thousand people, but my cousins lived on a farm. And my family liked to go camping when I was little.”
“So, you’re familiar with staying in a cabin?”
“No, likecamping, camping. With a tent.” He shook his head with a laugh. “You sure are a city girl.”
I put my hand on my hip. “I did grow up in LA. And we can’t all be wilderness experts.”
“Oh, I’m not an expert. I’m just not as green as you are.”
I stuck my tongue out at him and took a good look at where we were staying.
It was a log cabin on the outside with the wood exposed on the inside too. It was open concept, so everything was in one big room. The living room, the dining area, and the kitchen. And according to the website, the small hallway off to the right was where the bathroom and bedroom were.
It was beautiful. It had the aesthetic of rustic living, but inside, it had everything a city girl could want.
The kitchen had a microwave, a stove, and a refrigerator, which Liam had started stocking. And the small living room area had a television and a big, comfortable couch where I could picture myself sitting on while I sipped some of the wine I had brought with us.
Speaking of wine…
I went back out to Liam’s vehicle to get the rest of the groceries and brought them inside. I opened the bottle and poured myself a glass of wine to sip on as I put the food away.
“We’re drinking already?” Liam asked when he came inside from the back deck.
I set the glass down and chuckled a little uncomfortably. “Is it too early?”
It just occurred to me that Liam had probably changed a lot since we were last neighbors. He never seemed to mind drinking back then. There were plenty of times the four of us had gotten together, and all we’d do was drink and talk.
He smiled. “Not at all. I’m just wondering why you didn’t tell me it was beer o’clock.” He walked over to the fridge and pulled out a beer.
“I was going to tell you once you came back in. What were you doing back there anyway?”
“I was making sure the hot tub was working, and I wanted to check to see if there was chopped wood for the stove.”
“And?”
“Hot tub works, and there is a small firewood shed up here with plenty more under the deck. We can use the wood stove every night and not run out.”
“I can’t wait. I’ve never been around a real wood-burning stove.”
Liam took a sip of his beer. “I have. My grandparents had one as I was growing up. I loved it when my grandpa would start a fire when I was little. But when I was in middle school, they replaced it with a gas-burning one. It was easier to turn on, but it wasn’t the same.”
“I bet.” I swirled my wine in my glass and looked around. I noticed that our suitcases were still leaning against the wall. I hadn’t even looked in the bedroom or bathroom yet. “I’m going to check out the rest of the place.”
I headed to the short hallway. To the left was the bathroom, and to the right was the bedroom. I went to the bathroom first, hoping that it was nice and clean. I dreaded a dirty bathroom.
I flicked the switch and breathed a sigh of relief. The bathroom was spotless, and it was big. There was a garden tub with a separate shower and plenty of counter space.
Happy with my findings, I flicked the switch and turned around, only to run into Liam.
“Oh my God. I didn’t realize you’d followed me.”
My wine sloshed between us and spilled onto both of our shirts.
Liam stepped back. “Sorry, I thought you heard me.”
