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“If you are, we’ll hold off a while – delay the opening. It’s going to be a lot of work at first to get the place up and running smoothly; I don’t want you going into it exhausted.”
She smiled at him. “I’ll be fine. It’s all good. I’m just feeling it a bit tonight.”
“You’ve been working hard.”
“We both have.”
Xander nodded as he looked at the table. “Shit! I didn’t get our drinks. What do you want – a glass of wine?”
“I think just a soda while we eat. I want to save myself.”
He gave her a puzzled smile. “Save yourself? What for?”
“It hit me the other night that whenever we have a drink, you have wine with me. You haven’t even opened that special vodka that we bought in Vegas.”
“I don’t need it.”
“I know, but you enjoy it. And besides…” She waggled her eyebrows. “That stuff makes me horny.”
He laughed out loud. “In that case, how could I say no? Although, it’s not as though you need any help.”
She shrugged. “No. You make me horny without the need for anything else. But you enjoy it, so we should have some.”
“Okay. So, just a soda for now?”
“Please.”
When he returned with their drinks, they ate in companionable silence for a while. The pizza was amazing.
Tori wiped her fingers on her napkin and then sat back in her chair. “I think that’s the best pizza I’ve ever had. Tino’s an absolute genius.”
Xander nodded. “He is and he’s a really great guy. I can see why he and Russ have been friends all their lives.”
“Oh my gosh, Xander! I was just thinking that I wish his restaurant, Giuseppe’s, was over on the other side of the lake – where we’re going to be. At first, I was just thinking that it’ll be a pain to have to come all the way over here for takeout, but I can live with that. But then it hit me; wouldn’t it be awesome if we could serve his pizza in the bar?”
Xander frowned. “It would. Pizza would be perfect, but… No. I’m not going to come up with any of the reasons why I think it might not work. It’s a great idea. We should talk to him – see if we can make it work.”
Tori nodded eagerly. “We should. Let’s go and see him tomorrow. I mean, even if we place an order with him for so many each day or each week… I don’t know how it would work. I’m thinking that he could make them, like those places where you buy them and take them home to cook them. We could do that.”
Xander laughed. “Tino’s Take and Bake!”
“Exactly! We could brand them that way. I love it. Let’s talk to him.”
“We will. Tomorrow’s Friday, isn’t it?”
She laughed. “It is, but I know how you feel. We’ve been so busy that all the days have started to run into each other.”
“It’ll get better soon, sprite. It won’t be long until this stage is behind us, and we’ll be opening the doors and figuring out our new routine.”
“I’m not complaining! I love being busy. I’m enjoying all of it – are you?”
“I am.” He reached across the table and took her hand. “It might be hard work at the moment, but we’re laying the foundation for our life.”
She squeezed his hand. “Talking about foundations… Houses have foundations.”
He chuckled. “Sorry, I forgot to tell you that I talked to Dallas today. He checked with the sellers, and they’re thrilled at the prospect of a quick, cash sale. They even said that they’d leave the furniture with an acceptable offer.”
Tori frowned. “Did you like the furniture?
