Chapter 96

He smiled lazily and stood up from his chair as she approached, guiding her to sit in the warm leather instead and planting a kiss on her as she slid past him obediently. He reached out across the smooth table in front of her, pulled over a pile of papers and a shiny dark folder, depositing them in view and sitting down on the edge of the table so he could look over her them too.

“We’re moving!” He declared huskily, a smile still stuck on his face and a knowing look in his eye. Rose looked up in alarm, immediate protest forming on her lips as she caught the humour in his smile and glanced back down questioningly as he tapped the papers. Looking down she realised the first few were paint charts and furniture brochures and a layout of the manor plans.

“I’m confused.” She looked back and forth from him to the pile of papers. Rob slid out the dark glossy folder from the base of the stack, an architect’s name and logo emblazoned in gold foil on one corner and flipped it open