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"Where are you taking me?" she asks breathlessly.
"You'll see." I don't look back as I drag her up the fourth flight without slowing my pace.
She presses her chest against my back as I fumble with the key. "Is this the tour you give all the girls, Edward?" She nibbles and licks at my ear, making concentration even more impossible.
As the key miraculously turns in the knob, I pause for a second to look into her eyes. "I've never brought anyone in here before, Bella."
"WOW!" she exclaims as the interior is eventually revealed. "What IS this place?"
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"Emmett likes to call it 'The Rumpus Room,'" I chuckle, observing her carefully as her eyes move around the floor and take in the wall-to-wall furniture.
She moves gingerly through the crooked aisles, stopping every now and then to point out a familiar piece. "Hey, there's your couch! And the Louis!"
She trails her fingers along the mattress.
I pull the door closed behind me and wait for the lock to engage before following her through the maze.
"Oh, another Pisa," she grins back at me playfully.
But my mind is otherwise engaged. Where will I take her first?
A/N: And by 'take her,' he means 'TAKE her'! XXX ~BOH