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Natalie shook her head. “Not the way you make it.”
Vance grinned. “So that’s why you liked my coffee?”
Presley pulled down a box of K-cups. “You make excellent coffee. I just use dark roast.”
“Yeah, well, I’ve been mainlining it to get through my reports. I’m at my limit,” Natalie said.
Presley set a mug under the individual cup coffee maker and proceeded to tell her roommate about their Kiss Cam meet. She stood in front of him at the island in the kitchen and rested her back against his chest and finished her coffee.
“Vance is staying tonight if you’re okay with that. He’s coming to St. Maarten with me tomorrow.”
Natalie nodded. “Hey, I’m just glad you’re seeing someone. I’ll wear my headphones to bed.”
Presley snickered. “You’re on the other side of the apartment. I think you’re safe.”
“Not if you scream like you did in the parking garage,” he said low into her ear.
She elbowed him. “I’m going to take a quick shower.”
He nodded. “I’m good on my own.”
The girls did this look between each other and then Presley disappeared down the hall.
“So, she’s taking you on a business trip? Must have been some date.”
“You have no idea.”
“Well, I will find out the moment you leave. Then I get the real goods.”
Vance grinned. “Is that so?”
“I’ll invoke best friend spilling rights.”
“What are you doing this weekend?”
Nat’s eyebrow lifted. “Excuse me?”
Vance crossed his arms over his chest. “I’m not hitting on you.”
Relief spread across her face. “Oh, thank God.”
“Man, you girls must have met some real assholes over the years.”
“You could say that.”
“Look, I found out about the Expo this weekend. The island store has an emergency and Marta? I think is her name?”
Natalie nodded. “Marta runs the island storefront.”
“Well, Marta has some family emergency. And evidently, it’s a big weekend for tourists so Goldie has to work for her.”
“Goldie?”
He felt his face flush. “Sorry. I call her that.”
“That’s the cutest thing I’ve ever heard. I think I hate you a little.”
He pushed on. “She has to man the booth for the exhibit, I guess? And there’s no one in the store qualified for all the sales they’ll be doing.”
