Russian Roulette: Family secrets [2021 version]

Ch. 74: Naughty, naughty

Everything was well underway.

All of them had gone to Oak House to see if it would fit their needs, or if they needed to go shop for something better.

Where The Mansion had three floors and was in a massive, square building. Oak House was in sections of various buildings with multiple floors connected by the main middle building under a magnificent dome structure.

The middle building with the main entrance and grand hall spread out to all the adjoining buildings. It held a large common area, kitchen, dining room, and smaller parlors at the back on the left side. There was a sunroom and access to the large terrace from all the back-facing rooms. The right side held another common area and more parlors, which they would turn into game rooms and studies. And there were enough rooms for the live-in staff in the middle section beside the kitchen.

A set of rounded double stairs under the dome of the hall led to the first floor, where corridors divided into the other buildings.

The left wing would become Gareth and Mackenzie's.

On the first floor, it had living rooms and a master suite with access to a large terrace on top of the main-floor sunroom. There were two reasonably sized rooms they made into offices. And to Mackenzie's joy, a huge walk-in closet next to the master bathroom. Several bathrooms on the floor in general, made it perfect for them. The second floor held suites for Rein and Leoni to get one each, with a smaller one for Agatha between them. There were guest rooms and one that would become a play/study room. The top floor they would convert into an apartment for Agatha, who had requested to stay permanently if they could give her a space with some privacy too for her days off. The contractors would put in a kitchen and make a private entrance at the top of the stairs for her.

Rein already hassled everybody to get a water slide from his balcony down to the pool in the backyard.

Not happening, according to Mackenzie.

The middle floor at the top of the stairs only had one section. A common area from where the corridors ran, and three decent-sized rooms, bathrooms, and balconies to the back of the house. The rooms were above the downstairs kitchen and could easily get a kitchen installed too. Those rooms Aidan had put dips on.

The right side divided into two buildings.

One to the back of the house where Jace and Phoenix had been issued the top floors, and the first floor held guest rooms and an apartment for Phoenix's parents, who had decided not to go back to England.

The other building to the front, where more guest rooms and a common area were on the first floor, had also been assigned. Devil had asked to get an apartment, and Gareth had given him the second floor. He felt at home with Gareth's gang and wanted to stay with them. None had raised an eyebrow at his request. The top floor Richard had asked for. He and Devil had become good friends, and he enjoyed being around Gareth's people. He would give up nothing by staying with them. Gareth had signed over one of his houses to Anthony and Lorelai, so they could stay in town, mostly. Both had jobs that made them travel a lot, but they had formed new friendships, and they liked it there too. Tony had warned Gareth that Lorelai's last lover might want to move there too, and Gareth had offered any available house or apartment if necessary, but he had suggested his and Mackenzie's old place as a possibility.

There was a larger annex to the side of the house they were renovating to fit Vasili and Zariyah. They would most likely split their time between Moscow and Oak House. Though Oak House with their grandchildren held its advantages.

Rami had fallen in love with what was once the gardener's cottage to the side of the driveway. He had walked in, looked at the dusty rooms with a big smile, and claimed it as his.