Eden raised her brows. “What do you mean? I like her.”
“I do too,” Randi said. “She thinks of us as friends more so than coworkers.”
“Mmm, I don’t know that we’re coworkers,” Eden said. “We work for her.”
“She sees it like we’re all in it together,” Randi said. “Anyway, she’s decided to stay in Dallas for a while.”
“Oh?”
“Yeah, she went through a breakup recently and doesn’t really want to go back home just yet.”
“Ah, I hate that for her.”
Randi nodded. “She wants to spend time with her sister and nieces. Since we all hit it off so well she sees us more as friends and wants to hang out with us.”
Eden narrowed her gaze. “You have to be careful, Randi.”
“Oh, I know,” Randi said seriously. “I already warned her about conflicts of interest and such.”
“What did she say?”
Randi chuckled. “We’re all just friends.”
Eden nodded. “Well, good. I like her and I thought Friday night was a lot of fun. Maybe we can do more things like that.”
“Yeah, maybe,” Randi said. “If you’re not busy with a date.”
Eden shrugged. “If it’s Tennie she’d love to come along. She had fun Friday night too.”
“How was your date with Gabi?”
“It was nice,” Eden said. “I feel like all I’m doing is meeting these women and eating and drinking. You know.”
Randi nodded. “What do you want to do?”
Eden raised a shoulder. “I don’t know.”
“We danced Friday night. You weren’t just eating and drinking then.”
Eden smiled and thought back to dancing with Randi. “We need to do that again soon. It was like we hadn’t missed a beat.”
Randi smiled and nodded.
“Were you going to text me about brunch?” Eden asked. There was something off about Randi today and Eden couldn’t put her finger on it.
“I didn’t know if you had a date or not,” Randi said.
There it was. Randi may have been the one to encourage her to do the pitch a friend event, but she didn’t seem very enthusiastic about Eden’s dates. “What’s really going on? I thought you wanted me to go on dates. That’s what the pitch was for.”
“I know.” Randi sighed. “It’s taking me a minute to adjust to you having plans and being busy.”
“Miranda Powell,” Eden said, tilting her head. “I’m never too busy for you.”
Randi smiled and Eden felt her heart melt. This was the smile that Randi reserved just for her. Their best friend smile.
“Let’s go to brunch,” Randi said. “Henry’s waffles are calling me.”
Eden laughed. “His French toast has been on my mind since yesterday.”
