Forever in the Past and Forever in the Future

Kas’s POV

The spindles of the staircases in the apartment building are ornately decorated metal that looks like gold. You can look up the center and see all the way up to the ornate ceiling. It was an odd contrast to the modern-looking pictures Lenora had shown us.

We climb the stairs to a plain oak door on the fourth floor. Voices and hammering are coming from inside. Bronx knocks but gets no reply so he opens the door without waiting. We peek in and see a flurry of construction workers in white jumpsuits.

I go to step inside but Bronx holds his arm out and stops me. He turns and picks me up bridal style and carries me over the threshold.

"Sorry, but we were too preoccupied to do that on our wedding night. I wanted to do it properly for this new place," he grins and kisses me on the nose, making me giggle, before putting me down. A man with a thick mustache and beard approaches us. I can smell he is human.

"Monsieur Mason, we were not expecting you until tomorrow. We are almost finished with the renovations,” he says 1n a thick accent.

"It's alright, Pierre. I'm early. I couldn't wait to show my wife our new place. Is it alright if Ishow her around?” he says placing his hand on the small of my back.

"Oui, Monsieur, but of course. We are finished upstairs if you want to start there. Whenever you are ready to add furniture, I will bring a team in to take care of the installation.” '

my hand and we head upstairs. He explains that Pierre and his team work

floor is like nothing I have ever seen. One wall has floor-to-ceiling windows. The walls are all pure white and the floors are a lightly stained hardwood. Our feet echo as we walk through. There is a walk-in closet similar to what we have at home. The huge bathroom is all

go explore. He pulls out his cell phone and takes pictures of me. I scrunch my face and stick my tongue out at him. "Just makes you look cuter!" He teases with a smile, "So what color do you want

don't want to paint. I like

hard for him to imagine, "Okay, so how do

like something pretty modern. It will make it easy to

we can get someone to

way, Mister Mason. I clean my

"Suit yourself," he shrugs.

this place anyway?” I ask as I

you felt it was a big part of our relationship,

I can't get over how large this place is.

was a modest size, Bronx, I say as I wander around. "Yeah, compared to other properties I own it is. The difference is,” he comes up behind me and slides his arms around my waist, "this one is in your

arms, "What? When Lenora said you got an apartment, I figured you got an apartment under MasonCo or your name or something. Th-this is mine?” "Yeah, Baby. This is yours," he smiles as he looks at me with a twinkling green eye, “there is just one piece of paperwork you