Page 140 of Tormented Billionaire Romance Series

She laughed. “Because I had ideas?”

“Yeah, it's sexy.”

I wrapped her in a hug.

After embracing Clara, I stepped aside to allow my dad and Ryan to get the dresser into the house.

“Free-loader,” Ryan teased. “You want to grab that shelf up there?”

“Sure!”

I ran toward the truck and hopped on the bed, steadying myself as I approached the shelf. I lifted it over my shoulder and carefully climbed down as Clara observed.

She extended her arms. “Need a hand?”

“Nah, I got it, sweetie.”

“Are you sure? It looks heavy.”

“I don't want you to hurt yourself.”

She laughed. “So, it's fine if you hurt yourself?”

“If it's for you, then it's worth it.”

“You just want to show off your muscles.”

“I mean, is it doing it for you?”

She smirked playfully. “It might be. I'd say we should bless the sheets, but we already did that.”

“We can always do it again.”

I hauled the shelf up the steps of the porch and into the living room. It was already getting crowded. With my family and the additional furniture, we were going to have to figure out a good setup that would offer us more room to entertain.

I'll need to set up an office space as well.

“Dude, do you even have a spare bedroom?” Ryan asked as he glanced around at the furniture scattered around the living room. “Where is all this going to go?”

“There's an upstairs den area,” I replied. “That will likely be my office. We can haul some stuff up there now to make room.”

“That's a solid plan.”

My dad patted my back lovingly. “Son, you have so much money. Why would you live in such a small house?”

“Because Clara is here and I love Clara.”

He laughed.

I took the end of the dresser and Ryan took the other, carefully approaching the narrow steps leading to the upstairs den. Once we got it up the stairs, he had to pivot to make it fit. We set it in the corner.

I pointed to the window overlooking the driveway. “That's where the desk is going next.”

“You got it, man.”

I wandered back down the stairs where Clara was passing out bottles of water. I accepted one from her along with a kiss. I could hear Jen say “awe” behind us.

I turned around and pointed at her with a teasing expression. “Hey, I had to see you and Ryan doing this at your wedding.”

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