Chapter 25

Sixty Days Later

Chandler

It tooksome time and dedication, but Cheyanne and I were able to get the penthouses redecorated how we wanted. As we discussed, mine remained designed in a way that would provide entertainment for us and our guests, and hers maintained the homey style it originally had but we switched the color scheme so that it fit us both. Originally, it was white, cream, and lavender. Now, it was white and black with gold accents. She had her own room that she filled with lavender since that was her favorite color, and I took the extra room and made it black and brown since that was more my style.

The smile that was on her face as we exchanged keys had me just about willing to do anything to make her smile like that daily. When I first mentioned us moving in together, I didn't think it would happen any time soon. I wasn't sure what she talked to Port about, but it had her just as excited about the transition as me.

"We're really doing this?" she asked, taking the key from my hand and placing hers inside.

"We are. Is this still cool with you?"

"Most definitely. I'm not afraid of this, of us, anymore. For so long, I let people that hurt me in the past shape the way I lived and loved. No more."

I gave her a quick kiss and pulled her into my chest. "I'm so fucking proud of you, Cheyanne. Seriously."

"I wouldn't have gotten here without you. Thank you."

She returned her lips to mine for another kiss, and as much as I didn't want to, I pulled away. "If we keep this up, I'm going to be inside of you."

"You say that like it's a bad thing."

With a quiet laugh, I released her. "It's never a bad thing, but if we want to spend our first evening living together like we said, we can't get distracted."

"You're right, you're right. Okay! So, grocery store, candlelight dinner that we make together, soaking in the bathtub, and then you get to come inside."

"That sounds like the perfect plan to me."

When she turned, I smacked her ass, and she swatted me away, which somehow led to me chasing her into our bedroom where we proceeded to have the ultimate tickle fight. It was some shit I didn't think I'd ever do in my life, but each time she erupted in laughter, I wanted to do that corny ass shit more.