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this is out here on the front porch. Perhaps the movers haven’t gotten everything put inside where it belongs just yet.
    “I can’t carry you across the threshold like I would like to do, but I’ve got the next best thing.” He points to the chair. After sitting down in it, he takes my hand and pulls me onto his lap before rolling us across the threshold of the entrance.
    As I giggle at his cleverness, he quickly spins us around to face the inside of our new home. One look and I am in love. Standing, I begin walking around, taking in every single thing. The foyer opens up to a beautiful, twisted wrought iron staircase that spirals up on both sides. At the top of the stairs, there is a large platform overhead, overlooking most of the downstairs. An enormous crystal chandelier twinkles above, sending prisms dancing on the dark wooden floors beneath. Every inch of the place glows with sunshine, which pours in from all of the tall windows surrounding the house.
    “Sebastian, this is spectacular!” I pay close attention to all the extra details in the design.
    “I’ve had this place for a while now and redesigned some of the rooms to better fit us. I was going to surprise you on our wedding day. When you kept asking me about where we were getting married, I could barely hold the surprise in.”
    “You mean you’ve had this place for that long?”
    “Yes, sweetheart. I wanted us to have a real home, not an apartment in the city. Now that there is a baby on the way, this makes this place perfect.”
    “Can we still have the wedding here?” I ask.
    “Of course. We can have it wherever you want. I don’t care if it is at the courthouse or at Vegas with Elvis, I’ll marry you anywhere.”
    Pulling him closer, I kiss him sweetly on the lips. My beautiful man did this all for me.
    “Want me to give you the grand tour now?” he asks seductively against my neck.
    “Yes, please.” I reply, trying to keep moving. If he keeps this up, he is going to have a horny, pregnant woman jumping his bones, regardless of what the doctor warned him against.
    Sebastian seems most anxious about me seeing the upstairs, so he quickly leads me up the staircase to the second floor. Moving behind me, he covers my eyes with his hands and urges me forward, pausing to open the door in front of me.
    “You ready?” The excitement in his voice is contagious.
    “Yes,” I softly reply.
    Kissing me on the top of the head, he removes his hands and reveals his surprise. Warm sunshine hits my face as I take in the space around me. My eyes instantly land on a white padded rocker in the middle of the room. Sitting in the rocker is a large honey-colored teddy bear with a white ribbon tied around its neck. As I touch the soft fur, my eyes instantly begin watering. Turning around, I look at my beautiful Sebastian and see he is studying my reaction intently.
    “Oh, Sebastian!” I throw my arms around his neck.
    “So you like it? I am thinking this can be the baby’s room.”
    “It’s absolutely perfect.” I reply, still overwhelmed.
    Taking my hand again, he leads me over to the double doors on the left. When he opens them, I spot our bed and furniture already set up.
    “This is our room, so we will be right next to the baby.” His eyes sparkle with excitement as he explains the layout.
    “What do those doors lead to?” I point at the double doors on the opposite side of the nursery.
    “Oh, um… it leads to another bedroom.” He moves to block the door.
    Laughing at his reaction, I step back and cross my arms.
    “Why can’t I see?” I ask, unsure of why he is acting so nervously. I’ve never seen him this evasive about anything.
    “There are just boxes in there. I had the movers put the extra stuff in there for storage. Don’t worry, I’ll take care of everything later.”
    “I think you are hiding something, Mr. Thorne.”
    “And what if I am, Ms. Rose?” He nudges me back away from the door.
    I let him push me forward a few