“Good, I love you, too. Dilemma number two: office space. I think you should work from home. We have empty rooms here you can use. You can set up your office in one of them. Eventually, I want to fill this house up with babies. But until then, you could borrow one of their rooms,” I say, taking a sip of my coffee and trying not to smile.
“Babies? How many babies are you talking?” she asks, with a raised brow.
“We can start off with one and stop when all the bedrooms are full.”
“Mason, you own a five-bedroom house.”
“I know and we occupy only one of those bedrooms.”
“Mason, that leaves four other bedrooms.”
“I know, I can count.” I laugh. Now would be a good time to change the subject . “Dilemma number three: extra homes.”
“We have two other homes that are sitting vacant. I think we should decide what we are going to do with them. It’s a waste of money to pay for them to sit empty. We could be saving the money we are spending to keep them. And don’t think I forgot about the baby — make that babies — comment,” Angel says, smiling.
“All right, we’ll revisit the baby — make that babies — conversation at a later date. Good point on the homes; they are just sitting empty and that is costly. Your cottage was a gift to you from your aunt, right? Aunt Rosie?” I ask.
“Yes, Uncle Raùl’s sister.”
“Why not re-gift the cottage to him and Maria? It will give them a place to stay when they are in town and it will also remain in the family. Maybe one day, they’ll decide to retire here.”
“Mason Alexander, that is a wonderful idea. You are so much more than good looks and charm. Who knew that you were also brilliant?” She laughs. “That would be so great if they would move here. I miss them so much.”
“I know you do. Who knows what the future holds? Maybe one day they’ll decide to make Florida their home.”
“Do you believe that?”
“I believe they love you and if they could be closer to you, they would.”
“I hope so.”
“Oh, I forgot to tell you that I am meeting Madison for lunch today,” Mason says.
“I haven’t seen her in a long time. We should invite her over for dinner.”
“I can do that. I’ll invite her over next weekend. I can also ask her to list the condo for us with her real estate company. Maybe she can put it on the market to see if anyone is interested. The economy and real estate are getting better. This might be a good time to list it.”
“Mason, you love the condo. I didn’t mean for you to sell it. I don’t want you to get rid of it because of me.”
“No, you’re right, it has been sitting empty. I loved it when I bought it, but my life has changed since then.” I look over at her and smile. “It’s not really a family home. I want something our kids can run around in and I won’t be in fear of something happening to them.”
Angel looks around the house and smiles. “This is going to be a great family home for our children.”
“I think so, too.” I look around the house before taking our plates into the kitchen. “I need to shower; I’ll use the guest shower and you use the master,” I say, looking at Angel.
“I’ll hurry so we aren’t late.”
“Take your time, we still have plenty of time,” I say, trying to sound cheerful.
“Ok,” she says while walking away from me.
I shower and finish loading the dishwasher when Angel enters the room. She looks beautiful. She is wearing a black knee-length dress and black heels. Her hair is down, curly, and still wet.
“You look beautiful.”
She smiles and walks over to me and kisses me, “Thank you, are you ready?”
“I am, do you have everything you need?”
“Yup, lead the way, Handsome.”
I drive Angel to work. Sara and Brea are already there when we arrive.
“Want to come in and tell them about our engagement?”
“I can’t wait,” I