"Hm?" Liam said innocently. "Right. Well, it's just, you know," he scrubbed at the back of his neck with the hand that wasn't clutching Verity's. "An opportunity came up, and it just seemed... prudent? For, uh. If there's more than just the two of us and the mice."

Especially since thanks to the magic of whatever the hell that particular week had been, the extra room added space to the interior of the apartment without actually modifying how much of the floor they occupied.