"I'm very much hoping to," she responded with the blush he expected, her eyes darting down for just a second before rising back to look him in the eye. If her tongue darted out to wet her lips, it was just because they were dry.

"It's still better than mine which, if I'm honest, looks more like an efficiency hotel room than a home. Yours has touches that make it yours, like the books and the kayak, even the exercise stuff. I've got a bed, a TV, and a small table, all of which I bought at a discount place when I decided to live above the shop."