Eden chuckled. “I know I won’t.”
“Don’t think we’re anywhere near being through,” Randi said, opening the other eye.
Eden smiled. “I was not thinking that. I was merely letting you catch your breath.”
Randi nodded and exhaled. Eden could see the love in her eyes and felt her hand gently moving up and down her back.
“Do you remember when we talked about Cari’s book before we signed her?” Randi said. “I asked you about the friends to lovers trope.”
“I remember. Were you hinting at something then?” Eden raised her eyebrows.
“Maybe, but if we screw this up, there’s always the second chance trope,” Randi said.
Eden reached over and pinched Randi’s nipple. “Nope, that’s not going to happen.”
“Ouch!” Randi’s eyes widened. “That’s right, because we’ve got this friend thing down.” She grinned. “We’ve knocked it out of the ballpark.”
Eden chuckled and tilted her head. “Are you sure you don’t like baseball?”
“No, I told you, I like hot dogs and cold beer.”
“Got it.” Eden ran her thumb along Randi’s jaw. She couldn’t stop touching her.
“Is this the part in the book where we break up and get back together?” Randi asked softly.
“You have learned a lot about romance novels,” Eden said. “I’d say no. We did not break up, this is just us getting to our happily ever after.”
“I like that,” Randi said. “Do you think we’re the idiots that they talk about in reviews for friends to lovers books? Because we could’ve been doing this the whole time.”
Eden giggled as Randi pushed her over on her back and kissed her passionately. They were finished talking.
The next morning when Randi walked into the kitchen Eden said, “I thought we’d try the waffle thing again.”
“Baby.” Randi walked over and put her arms around Eden from behind. “You didn’t have to do that.”
“I know.” Eden leaned into her, savoring the contact. “I wanted to.” She turned in Randi’s arms. “But don’t get used to it. We can’t be late for work.” She kissed her on the lips and handed her a plate.
“Did you get a text from Analise this morning?” Randi asked, sitting down at the table.
“Oh yeah, she’s excited about something.” Eden slid the syrup over to Randi just like she’d done yesterday morning. Instead of fear and anxiety she saw happiness and love on Randi’s face.
When Randi reached for the syrup, Eden held on, touching her fingers.
Randi looked up and smiled. “This is so much better than yesterday.”
Eden nodded and winked at her.
“What do you think this newbrilliant ideaof Analise’s could be?” Randi asked, making air quotes.
Eden shrugged as she cut into her waffle. “Who knows. She does this sometimes and I have to say it’s usually a good idea.”
Eden watched as Randi chewed a piece of her waffle.
“Mmm, it’s delicious,” Randi said. “Just like yesterday.”
Eden pushed a piece of waffle into the syrup on her plate. “Uh, this weekend, I’ll clean out space for you in the bedroom closet and make room in the dresser.”
Randi looked up from her plate and reached for her coffee.
