All That Sparkles: The Texan Quartet by Claire Boston

Author:Claire Boston [Boston, Claire]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Momentum
Published: 2015-04-22T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

“So you’re thinking of renting, rather than buying?” Christian asked.

They were on their way to the first property and his question brought Imogen up short. She’d not considered buying anything, though she wasn’t sure why. It made perfect sense. Most people rented because they couldn’t afford to buy, but that wasn’t a problem for her.

If she did buy, it would mean she was definitely not going back to Chateau Fontaine. The chateau was the only home she’d ever known. To leave it behind would be like leaving a part of her behind.

“I’m not sure,” she said slowly.

“I can recommend buying,” he said. “Owning your own place means no one can take it away from you and you’ve got security. Plus if you’re going to pay rent, you might as well use the money to pay off your own mortgage instead.”

She didn’t want to tell him that even if she bought she’d probably not have a mortgage. Her mother had bequeathed her life insurance to Imogen and it had been accruing interest ever since. “I’ll think about it.”

Christian pulled up in front of an apartment complex where there was a sign declaring two apartments available for rent.

They got up and walked into the first.

It was tiny.

The kitchen, living and dining area would fit into her kitchen in the guesthouse and when they’d seen the two bedrooms she realized she’d be lucky to fit a decent-sized bed in either. There definitely wasn’t enough room for her clothes, as her walk-in robe was about the size of the smaller bedroom.

Imogen held a polite conversation with the realtor and then got out of there as fast as possible. She headed for the car.

“Don’t you want to look at the other one?” Christian asked.

She shook her head. “That was the bigger of the two and it’s way too small.”

Christian looked at her as he started the engine. “What size do you want?”

“The living area was fine but I need two bedrooms double the size. I want to set up my sewing room in one of them.”

“Then yes, you definitely need a bigger apartment. What have you got on your list?”

She passed it over to him.

“That one’s the biggest,” he said pointing to one a bit further out of the city than she would have liked. “Maybe we should check if it’s big enough.”

She checked the time. It would be open by the time they arrived. “All right.”

“Have you considered a house?” he asked. “It’s possibly the best option if it’s space you need. You’ve got one hell of a sewing room.”

She did and she wasn’t willing to give it up. If she did start making samples and designs, she’d need all the space she could get. “It seemed a bit pointless if it’s just me, but you might be right.”

They arrived at the next apartment complex. It was quite pretty from the outside, with nicely tended gardens full of roses. They walked upstairs to the first-floor apartment.

This time the living area was much bigger, perhaps the size of her sewing room for the kitchen, dining and living room.

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