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he thought, not sleeping on the floor. Better yet, she should be in a large poster bed with a canopy of silk covering her.
    Shaking his head, he turned back to the room and imagined a large king-sized bed made of dark wood sitting in the corner behind a half wall that separated the space from the rest of the room, a soft white canopy of silk draping down from each poster.
    He laughed inwardly. This wasn’t where his experience was. He was a builder. He remolded things, not designed them.
    Walking into the small bathroom, he shook his head and thought of a plan to expand it, adding a closet for her clothes and storage. She would want a tub; every woman wanted a tub. Maybe something with jets. He turned and looked at her back as she watched people below. Yeah, definitely jets. He smiled and made a mental note to check on a few different options.
    The old shower would have to go. Most of the tiles were just barely hanging on. When he turned on the faucet, the old pipes kicked, and he knew there was some updating needed there. It took too long for the hot water to hit, and even then, it was lukewarm, so he added a new tankless water heater to his mental list. The toilet and sink were so outdated, he immediately added those, as well.
    He walked back out to the main room. The lighting would need to be updated, and he’d have to add electric for new appliances in the kitchen. He looked around and thought that he’d move the whole kitchen to the other side, in front of the stairs so that the brick wall was completely bare. That side he would save for her living space and a small dining area.
    “Well?” she asked as he walked up beside her. The windows were tall, starting around their knees and going all the way up. Some of the windows would have to be replaced. It would be best if all of them could be replaced with double-paned windows, but he doubted she had a budget to cover the cost.
    “You’ve got a nice space here.” He looked out at her view. The boardwalk was below them and he watched for a moment as people strolled by. Beyond that was a long strip of beach and then the emerald water. It was a calm day and barely any waves rippled the water, which made it look green for as far as the eye could see.
    He turned towards her and noticed that some soft strands of her blonde hair had fallen around her face. She had either forgotten to put on makeup that morning or had very little on. Her skin looked so soft, he itched to reach out and touch it. His eyes roamed over her and he couldn’t deny the sudden and powerful tug he got from looking at her curves. She was taller than most women he’d dated. He gauged her height around five-eight. The old jeans she was wearing were snug in all the right places, making him wish he could run his hands over those long legs.
    When she turned her eyes towards him, catching him in his assessment of her, he couldn’t stop the smile.
    “Beautiful view,” he said, softly.

Chapter Five
     
     
    “ Y es,” she said under her breath, holding in a sigh. Her knees threatened to give out on her, and she was finding it very hard to concentrate on breathing. She heard a light buzzing in her head and took a few deep breaths before she embarrassed herself further by fainting under his heated gaze. “I had hoped that some of these windows would open.” She turned her eyes back to the view and tried hard not to feel the heat radiating from the man standing next to her. Frowning a little, she looked at the large wall of glass and wished to hear the ocean.
    “That could be arranged. Did you have some sketches for up here?”
    She turned back to him and shook her head. “I haven’t had time yet. I could—”
    He shook his head, stopping her. “Why don’t you just tell me what you had in mind, instead.”
    She smiled and explained how she’d dreamed of turning the open space into her new home.
    An hour later, she watched from the large windows as he walked back towards his small office a few