Page 57 of Wild Rush Of Love
Yep. Forty minutes was all it took to buy a house when you were paying cash.
The real estate agent shuffled around some more paperwork before handing the pile over to Michael, along with the keys to the house.
Jesus. He’d bought a house.
He still wasn’t sure what possessed him to do it. The small cabin—if you could call a fifteen-room dwelling “small”—sat on the edge of the water, in the town directly across the lake from the Lodge.
For something that had been vacant for several years, the place wasn’t in bad shape. He’d had to pay extra for the building inspector to come out on Wednesday and give him that news, because once Rush had made up his mind he wanted this place, he wanted it yesterday.
So he’d paid through the nose for everything to be pushed through in three days.
For the first time in his life, he’d used his trust fund.
Fuck. He dragged a hand over his head and gripped the back of his neck.
He’d bought a fucking house.
“Well. That’s it. I’m heading back, unless you have something else you need me to deal with.” Michael, a man in his late fifties who had looked after Rush’s interests for the last ten years, held out the keys. “These are yours,” he said with a smile. “Enjoy.”
“Drive safe. And say hi to Nancy for me.”
“Will do. She was sorry she couldn’t make the trip today.”
“Once I’m moved in…” Rush glanced around the empty space. Fuck. He didn’t even have furniture. “I’ll get you guys out here for dinner.”
“We’ll look forward to it. See you later.”
Michael and his wife Nancy had taken Rush under their wings the day he’d walked into the man’s Saratoga Springs office with the letter from his mother’s lawyers, telling him he’d received a multi-million-dollar inheritance. He’d be forever grateful to the two of them, and while they had a business relationship, Rush knew he could also count on them as friends.
He walked over to the sliding doors that opened out onto the huge deck that ran the length of the house and overlooked the lake.
It was a beautiful spot.
Would Reena like it as much as he did?
Would she feel what he felt standing here?
Rush couldn’t, and wouldn’t, deny he’d bought the place with Reena in mind.
He’d driven past Tuesday afternoon and hadn’t gone a quarter of a mile up the road before he’d done a U-turn and come back.
The place had called to him, and when he’d climbed out of his truck and walked around the house and gotten a look at the view…he’d known why.
He loved living on the water, which was why staying in the staff quarters at the Lodge all these years had suited him. But he couldn’t continue to live where he worked if he wanted to build a future with Reena. And even if she didn’t want to move here, they could keep this place as a holiday retreat.
Hell, he had the money, why not use it on something he’d enjoy? Something he hoped Reena would enjoy.
His phone buzzed and he pulled it out of his pocket to see Cam’s name on the screen.
Hitting accept, he brought it to his ear. “Hey, what’s up?”
“I know you’re not on until tonight and you’re busy on the other side of the lake, but—”
“I’m done. It’ll take me twenty minutes to get back, though.”
“You’re not going to ask what I want?”
“Nope. You know what I’ve got going on. You wouldn’t call if you could avoid it.” Rush pulled the front door closed behind him, making sure it locked. Not that there was anything in there to steal. “I’ve got your back, Cam.”
