Avery was half expecting James to push her up against the wall for a hot, hard kiss as soon as they made it past the threshold of his apartment. She was therefore surprised when he offered to take her coat instead, and hung it on a coat rack positioned conveniently by the front door.
“Welcome to my humble abode.” James said, grinning a bit at the expression of mild surprise on Avery’s face.
While Avery’s condo was the epitome of clean design, James’s place was oddly quirky for a bachelor. None of his furniture really matched, per say, but when taken all together they somehow worked. She’d been expecting her partner’s apartment to be more along the lines of classic mid-century modern, with masculine dark wood and leather. From what she could see, his place was actually rather colorful and
