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    “Lisa,” she called out toward the open storage room door.
    “Yeah?”
    “What time are you expecting the Dry Creek shipment?”
    “Between eleven and one.” Lisa reappeared from the back. “And we’re out of cheese too. Do you want me to stock up now before it gets busy?”
    Ari nodded. “Yes, and also get some crackers and—” The ring of the phone interrupted her. She reached for the receiver and brought it to her ear. “—and bottled water,” she continued her instruction to Lisa. “In Vino Veritas,” she answered the phone with a smile. “How may I help you?” The new name for the shop had been entirely her idea. And every time she answered the phone and announced the name, she felt her chest swell with pride. This was her baby, something she’d achieved all on her own.
    “So, what happened?” Natalie chirped on the other end of the line without as much as a greeting. “Tell me everything.”
    Ari rolled her eyes. “Hold on a sec.” She put the phone to the side and opened the till. “Lisa, you’ll need some money.” She fished two twenties out of the drawer and handed them to her.
    As soon as Lisa closed the shop door behind her, Ari picked up the phone again. “Morning, Natalie.”
    “Yes, yes, good morning. So, tell me what happened.” Clearly her friend wasn’t up for useless pleasantries this morning when there were juicy details to be had.
    Ari couldn’t help but grin. “We went out. He took me to this little restaurant with—”
    “Don’t give me this,” Natalie warned. “You know exactly what I want to know. Did you guys do it?”
    She took in a deep breath and could have sworn she could still scent Dio’s aftershave around her. “It was very nice.”
    “Very nice? Very nice? That’s all you’re giving me? I’m your best friend! Your only friend if I may add! Oh, girl, you’re so getting a tongue-lashing from me if you’re not coughing up the goods right now!”
    “Okay, okay,” Ari capitulated. The reminder that Natalie was her only true friend always worked. “It was amazing. We went back to my place, and he just ... he was so ...”
    “Amazing?” Natalie helped, a grin evident in her voice. “Details, Ari, details!”
    She eyed the door, secretly hoping for the first customers to arrive so she would have a legitimate reason to cut the conversation short, but nobody entered the store. All she could do was stall. “He’s really ripped, you know.” That was a safe enough admission, and it didn’t give too much away. And wow, had he looked good naked. Dio had a seriously gorgeous body. Even now the mere thought of running her fingertips along his bare skin sent shudders through her core.
    “You mean like a six-pack?”
    Ari suppressed her chuckle, glad that her diversion tactic seemed to work. “Almost like Arnold Schwarzenegger in his young days. But way less pretentious.”
    Natalie’s laugh echoed through the phone. “He’d better be less pretentious.” She paused for a moment. “And more faithful!”
    Ari felt a sense of warmth flood her. The way Dio had looked at her last night, she just knew that he would be true to her. There’d been so much desire and affection in his gaze, she couldn’t possibly be wrong. “I’m sure he is.”
    “Did he stay the whole night?” Natalie’s next question came as though fired from a gun. “Because if he stayed the night, that’s a good sign.”
    “You know, I’m not sure. I fell asleep so quickly. But I’m pretty sure he stayed the night.” Had he? Or had he left once she’d been asleep?
    “What do you mean, you’re pretty sure? Did he wake up with you or didn’t he?”
    Ari swallowed away her rising doubts. “He was gone by the time I woke up, but then,” she added hastily, defensiveness creeping into her tone, “I overslept, and he probably had to get to work too, so you can’t blame him for leaving early.”
    “Uh-huh.”
    Annoyance spread in her belly.