Page 51 of Bit's Bliss

“Thank you for bringing me here, Trevino.”

“I’d say it’s my pleasure, but it will be yours too.” He rested his hand on my thigh. “First, I want to show you around outside.”

He parked near what he said was the main house. It sat at the highest point of the drive, so the views were breathtaking.

“By the way, it looks better on the inside than it does out.”

“With the beauty surrounding it, one wouldn’t even notice.”

He smiled and held my hand as we walked down a stone pathway. “There’s a greenhouse. That was the first thing I fixed up. Below that is the pond.”

“Pond? It looks more like a lake.”

“It’s about three acres on the surface.”

“Are there fish?” I asked.

“A few. I might stock it at some point.” Once we got close to the water, he turned us so we were facing the house. “All this, I want to make into gardens like we did at the Stonehouse. Well, like you did.”

I counted five separate areas that could be planted in addition to the raised beds that were in rows near the greenhouse.

“Seems like those would be perfect for a kitchen garden,” he said, studying me as I took everything in.

“What’s that?” I asked, pointing at another structure that looked like a garage but didn’t have roll-up doors.

“I’ll take you there later, but you won’t believe it when you see it. It’s a commercial kitchen, and it’s huge.”

I couldn’t recall seeing Trevino as animated as he was while showing me around his property. “I like seeing you this happy,” I commented while we walked up the path to the house.

“It’s you.”

I stopped and turned around to look at the views. “It’s this.”

He shook his head. “It’s you being here with me.”

Once inside the house,I saw how right he’d been about it looking much better than the outside. “Did you gut the place?” I asked.

“Basically.”

The kitchen was state-of-the-art and very modern looking. The floors throughout were done in white oak, and the vaulted ceilings made the great room look massive. “I never would’ve guessed it was this big.”

“We’re talking about the room now or…?”

I rolled my eyes. “Yes, Trevino, the room.”

“Too bad. Anyway, there are four bedrooms down this hallway,” he said, pointing before leading me over to French doors. “This is one of the best parts.” We walked out onto a deck that went the entire length of the house and looked out over the ocean.

“How do you ever leave?”

“It used to be harder.” We walked to the opposite end of the deck, where there was a built-in hot tub.Next to it were more French doors. “That’s the largest of the four bedrooms.”

“Will you show it to me?”

Trevino leaned up against the deck railing. “Last night, I told you that before we were intimate, I wanted to review our limits.”

“Okay. We can do that.”

“Actually, I’m going to propose something else.”