Edward gestures me to him and grabs my hand when I'm close. "Down this hallway are the bedrooms," he says leading the way.
We walk to the far end of the hallway and Edward turns on the light in a tastefully decorated room with a queen bed. It's sparse and doesn't look lived in. "This is my guest room, but I haven't had any guests yet."
Across the hall is another room, which turns out to be the hall bath that's also very tastefully decorated but doesn't look like it gets much use.
"Do you entertain much, Edward?" I ask though I already suspect the answer is no.
"Truth?"
I nod my head to encourage him to continue.
"Um, well, other than Em and my parents, you're the only person I've had over. I've thought about inviting Jasper and Allie, but haven't gotten around to asking yet. Maybe we could all get together here. I like the idea of entertaining if the guest list includes you, and even more if you would help me host."
I warm at his comment and my cheeks turn pink.
"Why the blush, Bella?" Edward asks softly. "You're important to me. I want to share these things with you." He pulls me into a hug and kisses my forehead. I squeeze his middle before releasing him.
"Come on, I know there's more to this tour," I smile up at him.
Edward nods and points at a few doors down the wall from the hall bath. "Laundry closet behind door number one, linen closet behind door number two, and furnace and water heater closet behind door number three. And this, my lady," Edward says with flair as he spins to the opposite side of the hallway, "is where we have the master bedroom."
The door opens to a hallway, with a five-piece bathroom on one side and a walk-in closet on the other. My sense of direction tells me the closet backs to the kitchen. The hallway opens to a huge bedroom with a sitting area near floor-to-ceiling windows and a king bed on the opposite wall. A door opens onto the same lanai accessible from the dining room alcove. Edward has a small desk in the sitting area. "That's my favorite place to work, but the view is distracting," Edward laughs. "The best thing about this room, though, is nothing I can take credit for. Nor can my mom, for that matter. Check this out."
He reaches into the nightstand and pulls out a remote. At the switch of a button, a flat-screen television rises up from a trunk at the foot of the bed. Another switch causes room-blackening shades to pull across the windows, and other switches control sound and various lights. "Cool, isn't it?" Edward asks with boyish enthusiasm. "The builder had these installed in all the units. I think the remote alone sold me on this place," he laughs.
"Wow, I think I'd never leave this room," I say spinning around to take it all in.
"If you say things like that, I may never let you leave. Come on, beautiful, I've saved the best for last - let's go check out the upstairs patio."
We head back through the condo to the spiral staircase. Edward gestures for me to go first, and chuckles about the view as we ascend. "Quit staring at my ass, Edward," I laugh down at him.
"What? I can't help it. Plus, you already know how I feel about your ass," Edward teases.
The staircase ends at a glass enclosure with a door leading onto the patio. The floor is teak, as is the wall at the back and south side of the patio. Like the public space on the other half of the roof, two sides have glass railings and are open to the view. Edward has a BBQ up here, as well as two chaise lounge chairs, a table that seats six, and a deep couch and two chairs around a fire pit. "I love it up here," Edward says as he grabs my hand and leads me to the railing. "Even though the rooms downstairs have views, this feels so much bigger. And star-gazing is spectacular from the lounge chairs."
"You're right, Edward. You did save the best for last."
"Check this out," Edward says with the same boyish enthusiasm he had for the remote in his bedroom. He pulls me to what looks like a closet near the staircase and slides up a small door. "It's a dumb-waiter to the kitchen. Makes it easier to transport food and dishes between the floors."
"Wow, now that's awesome," I say with my own youthful enthusiasm. "Can we use it tonight?"
"Absolutely," Edward laughs. "Let's head back down and I'll start on dinner."