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“You can take some time to think about it.Talk it over with someone.”Ace nodded toward the back.“That’s the realtor over there talking to Deuce.We’re still negotiating terms so we haven’t gotten a solid offer in yet.I just wanted to make sure you might be interested before we finalized anything.”
“I’m interested.Just a little stunned.”
“I get it.You’re considering it, though?”
I nodded.“Hell, yeah.I’m just not the jump-in-before-you think kind of person.”
Thor slung an arm around my shoulders.“Fuck, I can attest to that.”
I poked him with my elbow.“This is different.”
Ace grinned.“Totally different.A flower shop is a whole lot less trouble than agreeing to be Thor’s old lady.”
“Hey!Whose side are you on?”Thor shook his head, addressing Ace.
“There are no sides to that.It’s my decision,” I pointed out.“I already told you I’m not ready to become your old lady.”
The realtor’s voice interrupted us as he headed for the door.“I’m out of here for now.I’ll get back to you once I’ve had a chance to talk to the sellers.”
Ace waved his hand at the man, then turned back to me.“It’s going to take him a few days to get back to us.We’re just clarifying property lines, etc.You think about it, and if you decide you might be interested we can discuss terms and timelines for a lease.”
I nodded.“That’s fair.”
Deuce wandered over, giving me a friendly nod of the head before addressing Thor.“You pitch the idea to her?”
“Yeah.Maybe I should have mentioned it to her before we got here.”Thor shrugged.“It was a bit of a surprise.”
I rolled my eyes.“That’s an understatement.But a nice surprise.It sounds almost too good to be true.I just don’t want to make a snap decision.I need to do some calculating and see if I’m ready to dive into being self-employed.”
“Fair enough.”Deuce tilted his head.“It’s a fairly gigantic leap.But you’re considering it, right?”
“I’d be an idiot not to.”I sighed.“Let me get used to the idea, okay?”
“Okay.If you have any questions, Thor knows where to find me.”He glanced over at Ace.“You ready to go?”
Ace gave a nod.He looked at Thor.“You two lock up when you’re done.”
“No worries.Just going to show her the rest of the place, and the apartment.”
The apartment?My brows rose in surprise.
“Let me or Deuce know when you make a decision.”Ace grabbed his helmet off the counter and jammed it on his head before following Deuce outside.
I turned to Thor.“Apartment?”
He nodded.“Upstairs is an apartment.Not a huge one, but it would work for us.”
“Us?”
“You.”He grinned.“But you’re going to be so happy, you’ll invite me to stay over lots.”
I shook my head.“How about you finish showing me the store and then we can go look at my” -- I emphasized the word ‘my’ -- “possible living space.”
“Good idea.”He headed toward the hallway Deuce and the realtor had come out of.“There’s a walk-in fridge back here, and a workroom for doing all those flowery things.”
“You mean arrangements?”Although I had to admit, flowery things sounded so much more fun.I followed him down the narrow hallway that ended in an open room with a stainless-steel working table in the middle.Off to one side was a deep double sink.I could already picture me working in here.It needed more shelving, and some counters on either side of that sink but those were easy fixes.The floor was painted concrete which would be easy to clean, especially since there was a big drain in the middle of it.
“This is the fridge.”Thor gestured at a steel door at the far side of the room.
