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Usually when Beth was late to work, it threw her whole day right into a tailspin. She hated being late.

Tommy, who had recognized her for almost seven years, knew this about her. That was why he instantly grew to become suspicious when she floated across the kitchen buzzing to herself throughout morning prep, regardless that she’d are available almost twenty minutes late. He stopped what he was doing and stared her down.

“What?” she requested when she seen him wanting.

“I’m attempting to determine why you’re so cheery this morning.”

She grinned as reminiscences of the evening earlier than got here again to her.

“Ah.” Tommy smiled and nodded. “Issues are going properly with the firefighter.”

Beth had no purpose to disclaim it. “They’re.”

“Good. I’m glad.” He reached round her to seize a big mixing bowl from the shelf. When he returned to his place beside her, he nudged her together with his hip. “Be certain he treats you proper.”

Though she didn’t remark, the look on her face will need to have been reply sufficient for Tommy.

When the doorways opened at seven, folks started flooding in. Virtually each week they had been busier than the one earlier than. She’d been contemplating hiring one other worker, if for no different purpose than to provide her and Tommy a break once in a while.

It was as they had been closing the café down that afternoon that Beth broached the topic with Tommy. “What do you concentrate on me hiring somebody to assist us round right here?”

He regarded up from the place he was wiping the entrance counter. “You imply one other worker?”

She nodded.

“I feel it’s a good suggestion. If issues maintain choosing up, you and I aren’t going to have the ability to deal with it on our personal.”

“I do know. And with summer time simply across the nook, it’s most likely going to get even busier.”

On her method residence that night, Beth swung by the shop and picked up a assist wished signal for her entrance window. Perhaps she’d get fortunate and have somebody see the signal and apply. If not, she’d have to put an advert within the native paper. She had loads of foot site visitors, although. Odds had been somebody who frequented her café was both in want of a job or knew somebody who was.

That evening she opened her toy chest and laid every thing on her mattress. Beth sorted the objects based mostly on what Drew had placed on his guidelines. Every thing not on his record she tucked away within the backside drawer of her dresser. The remaining she cleaned after which returned to the chest so they’d be simply accessible when she wanted them.

With that achieved, Beth made herself some dinner, after which curled up on the sofa to name Nicole.

“Effectively, how was it? Please inform me you fucked that boy mindless.”

Beth laughed. “Effectively, hey to you, too.”

“Pfft. Save the pleasantries for later. Come on. Spill. You two did have intercourse, didn’t you?”

She rolled her eyes. “Sure.”

“And?”

“And . . . we’ll be doing it once more tomorrow.” Beth picked up the bowl of ice cream she’d introduced into the lounge along with her.

“It’s about time.”

“It was solely our second date.”

“Perhaps technically. However inform me you didn’t need to see him bare the primary time you laid eyes on him.”

Beth chuckled as she licked the ice cream from her spoon. “I feel half the ladies in Serpent’s Kiss wished to see him bare.”

“You suppose that’s modified? One thing tells me the primary time you two scene on the membership you’re going to have an viewers.”

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