Sweet Pain (Amatucci Family #3) - Sadie Jacks Page 0,113
Scott Briars.”
“Come on up. Just follow the drive under the portico.”
The gates gradually opened. The drive up was gorgeous. But the pictures hadn’t done the house justice. Although, let’s be serious, it was sixteen thousand square feet. I was pretty sure that equated to a mansion in anyone’s vernacular.
“I love it,” I whispered as we drove under the canopy.
“Me too. But keep your cool.” He lifted my hand, kissed it.
We got out of the car. Met at the hood, entwined hands. As a couple, we walked up to the front door. The front double doors that were made of solid wood and brushed iron. A bit out of place with the rest of the décor, but they were intricately made and exquisite in their setting.
“Mr. Penn. Scott Briars. Good to meet you. As I told you on the phone, I really don’t have a lot of time. I can give you the basics and a short run through.”
Ryker nodded. “Show us the master suite, first.”
I coughed to cover my chuckle.
“Yes, sir. Right this way. As you can see the home opens from the foyer into the living area and dining room off to the right there. The master suite is to the left.” Scott led us down a short hallway. A pair of sliding doors were open to showcase an attached study with a set of spiral stairs in the corner. “This leads up to a dedicated craft room or secondary office.” He moved to the double doors. Pushed them open. “Here’s the master suite.”
We stepped through and I felt like I’d lived my entire life here instead of seeing it for the first time. Done in rich blues and creamy whites, the room was welcoming and reminded me a bit of a room if my original room and Ryker’s had procreated and popped out a room baby.
The bay windows at the far side of the room allowed light to pour in from the eastern exposure. The walk in closets and separate bathroom were nothing to sneeze at either. I was in heaven.
I looked at Ryker, smiled.
“Could you give us a minute, Scott?”
“Of course, I’ll be in the kitchen. Straight down the hall until you see the spiral staircase. Veer to the left.”
“Great. Thanks.” Ryker shut the door in his face. He turned back to me. “What do you think?”
I shook my head. “No. You first.”
He snorted. “At the same time?”
I smiled.
“One.”
“Two.”
“Three.”
“We’re buying it!” we both said at the same time.
He picked me up in his arms, twirled me around. “I love it. It already feels like home.”
I smacked my mouth to his. “I feel the exact same way. This is our current rooms’ baby.”
His brows furrowed as he tried to navigate my word puzzle. When he got it, he smiled. Nodded. “That’s exactly what it reminds me of, now that you say that.”
He kissed me while we stood in the shaft of morning sunlight in the home we were going to buy. This man wowed me with every turn of life. I couldn’t wait to experience forever.
He put me back on my feet. “Let’s go tell him to take it off the market.” He grabbed my hand and tugged me after him. “Scott?” he said, raising his voice slightly.
“Kitchen.”
Ryker picked up his pace. “We’d like to put in an offer.”
Scott beamed. “Wonderful. I guess I should have taken a better look at that master suite.” We all chuckled. “I’ll get the paperwork started for the official offer. How soon are you wanting to relocate?”
“As soon as possible.”
“Wonderful. I’ll call the owners, see what we can work out. I know they’re motivated to sell, so let’s see if we can make everyone happy as quickly as possible.”
Chapter 35 – Ryker
We stuck our hands out the window and waved goodbye to Scott. I think that had been the fastest negotiation of my life. And we’d walked away with an excellent house under the asking price. Not too bad for a morning’s worth of work.
Now the house just had to live up to it’s in-person and online presence with the inspection and we could move in as soon as the papers cleared. The light renovations we wanted to see could be done while we lived there. I had no problem paying extra for quality work to be done in short order.
I’d have to convince Nik to come out and set up the security system with the company. That would mostly likely be the most time-consuming aspect of the whole thing. Especially getting