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“See you tonight.”
“Tonight.” I sighed and fell back to sleep.
The next time I awoke, I was alone and my phone was buzzing.
“Hello?” I croaked into the phone.
“Jeez, you sleep like the dead,” Tavy said.
I yawned so hard my jaw popped. “What time is it?”
“Seven.”
“Why are you calling me at this ungodly hour?” I asked, glancing at the alarm clock on my bedside.
“Because I’m downstairs.”
“You’re downstairs?” I asked, my spine suddenly snapping straight.
“Yeah.” She laughed. “I thought about getting us coffee and pastries and bringing them up to your apartment, but I know you’re an ogress in the mornings. So, I’m giving you five minutes to splash some water on your face and then you come meet me before I have to zip off to work.”
“Order me a—”
“Vanilla latte. I know.”
I paused. “Make it a cinnamon latte, instead.”
“Get out.”
“What?”
“You never change your order. What’s up?”
“I’m trying new things.”
“I like this adventurous side of you. Hurry up and get down here. I can’t be late.”
I jumped out of bed and quickly brushed my teeth and splashed some water on my face. I looked like I’d been on a bender. Puffy eyes, wan skin, whisker burn against my lips and neck.
Whisker burn?
“Shit, shit, shit.” I hastily doctored my face, hoping like hell Tavy would be too distracted to notice that I looked like I’d been thoroughly and exquisitely fucked.
I brushed my hair and left it down.
Smoke needed to shave. Otherwise, our secret wouldn’t remain a secret for long.
I grabbed my keys and headed down into the bakery. Jazz and Brielle weren’t working that morning, but I waved to the girl behind the counter who I’d met briefly.
Tavy was sitting at table in the corner by the window of the café. She sipped on her coffee and then tore a piece of her cinnamon roll that was globbed with frosting.
“Morning, sunshine,” she said with a smile.
I glared at her.
“What’s with the look? Is that any way to treat your best friend who came to see you first thing in the morning before her busy day?”
I peered at her. “What do you want?”
