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“Not normally,” I commented with a grin. “I’ll have a vanilla latte please.”
“You got it,” she said. “Was it the delivery truck that woke you?”
“Yep.” I dropped a few bucks into the tip jar. “Do you work every morning?”
“Not every morning. Four days a week,” she said as she stood at the espresso machine. “I like it actually. Usually done by three and I have the rest of the day to myself.”
“Sounds okay, if you’re a morning person, that is.”
“Yeah, I am. What’s on tap for you today?”
“Not much,” I admitted. “I have some work to do, but other than that, I’m free.”
“Brielle’s off today. And I’m done at two. You want to hang out?”
“I’d love to,” I said.
Jazz handed me my drink.
“See ya later.” I took my coffee and headed back upstairs.
I answered emails and made a few product lists for clients. It wasn’t even 8:00 AM by the time I was finished. As I polished off the last of my lukewarm latte, I began thinking about working for myself.
Mia had planted a seed. I wondered if she—and the club—would help with word-of-mouth advertising. Organic, word-of-mouth advertising was still the most powerful force on Earth for a business. I’d learned that from my dad, who still got most of his customers that way.
I couldn’t sit around waiting for Jazz to get off work, so I looked up the nearest gym.
It was within walking distance.
Maybe I could work out my plan on the treadmill.
* * *
My phone rang as I exited the gym and I pressed the screen to answer.
“Hello?”
A woman with a stroller approached the gym and I held the door open for her.
“Logan.” Smoke’s voice teased my ear, instantly causing shivers to work their way up my spine.
The grateful mother smiled as she wheeled the stroller inside.
“Uh, hi,” I said to Smoke.
“You busy?”
“I just got done at the gym.”
“You work out?” he asked.
“Sometimes…”
Silence reigned on the other end of the phone.
“Can I help you with something?” I demanded.
He sucked in a breath. “I was going to ask if you wanted to check out the club’s investment property this afternoon.”
