Page 35 of Reckless With You

“I thought I was meeting you guys at the coffee shop. Or was it at your cake shop?” I shook my head and looked down at my phone. “Okay, it was apparently at the bakery, and I was only thinking of coffee.”

“Well, it seems we’re all doing that because I really want a cup of coffee, too,” Zoey said, looking around at the flowers I had put in the room.

Though they were my babies, she loved taking care of them, as well. Zoey was a fantastic florist who not only worked with cut flowers but also worked with potted plants.

She made sure that all plants lived their best lives or were showcased in the most amazing ways. Even if they had to be cut to do so.

I figured we were a match made in heaven.

“So, we came here to see if we could get you to come and get coffee rather than coming to my place,” Erin said, looking down at her phone. “Devin says hi, by the way.”

“Tell him hi,” I said, looking at Zoey and rolling my eyes.

Zoey met my gaze, and we grinned, both of us shaking our heads.

The two lovebirds were a little ridiculous with each other, but if it put that look on Erin’s face as well as a similar one on my brother’s mug, I was happy.

Both of them deserved what they had, especially since my big brother had done so much for all of us without asking for anything for himself. And Erin had been through a really shitty marriage and a really crappy divorce. Finding a second chance with my brother meant everything in the world.

Now, if only we could get Zoey to be happy.

I was not going to include myself in that, thank you very much. Tried that, done that. I was done.

“So, you came here instead of texting me so we could get coffee?” I asked while pulling on my coat.

“You were on the way.”

I nodded, smiling. “Are we taking two cars? Once we find parking and get out, it’s going to be freezing as fuck.”

“It’s not that bad, and they actually have the heaters on along Main Street.”

“Oh, that sounds amazing.”

“How early did you get here if you didn’t know they did that?” Zoey asked as we walked outside. I waved at one of my neighbors.

“Super early, apparently.” I didn’t add the bit about me waking up early because of my erotic dream. They really didn’t need to know that.

“I’ve been craving coffee all day, and I only had a small cup for breakfast,” I said, pushing thoughts of Tucker…and Tobey out of my mind.

“Good. Because I think I could probably drink an entire latte all by myself. I mean like the entire vat of it. Like every espresso bean in the place.” I laughed at Zoey’s words and made my way to my car, following them to our favorite café in Denver. It wasn’t the closest place, but it was totally the best place.

We ordered our coffees, grinning at the woman with the cute blond bob behind the counter.

There was a tattoo shop next door, one that was owned by my sister-in-law’s family. I’d always wanted to go in to get a tattoo. Maybe one day I would, but I was a little afraid.

I wasn’t covered like Devin was, so maybe I should just get over my fears and get it done.

We took a corner seat and grinned at each other as we people-watched and talked about our upcoming business plans.

I loved this area. The fact that every type of person imaginable could walk in and get exactly what was perfect for them.

“I cannot wait to actually start working full-time on this wedding,” Zoey said, taking out her tablet so we could look through her files. “You should really be a wedding planner in addition to being a florist,” I said, looking at her notes.

“I love flowers too much for that. I love that idea, in that Nora Roberts’ series, where all the women each had their own section of a whole wedding planning business. But I don’t think that would work for us.”

“You never know. We just need to meet someone who likes to organize everyone to insane degrees and then maybe find a photographer,” Erin said.

“Tucker’s good with a camera,” I said, and then wanted to bite my tongue.