afford for things to get messy.
For Emily, it had. Maybe it had for Dani too. Emily knew
Dani felt what she did, that spark, that connection, that crazy
and unexpected magic, whatever it was that drew them to each
other and shook the very foundations of each other’s lives
when they were together, but could she convince Dani that it
was real? Could she convince her to hang onto what they’d
found, to fight for it, to want to continue even past the
agreement’s end date, in whatever capacity that meant?
Suddenly, Emily felt like she was suffocating, even though
there was plenty of air in the car. Dani was tough, but
underneath that exterior, she was soft and fragile and good. If
Emily did something, even inadvertently, to hurt her, she
would never forgive herself. She had to be careful. The
agreement becoming more complicated because feelings and
attraction and magic were involved wasn’t a bad thing, but it
did make things harder.
Emily was willing to stay. To fight. To give what they had a
chance. But was Danica?
Chapter 18
Dani
Dani was just about ready to close. Generally, she locked the
door, turned off the sign, then did her cash register, taking out
the money for the day’s deposit and balancing the float for the
start of the next day ahead of time. She didn’t have a
traditional debit machine in order to save money, but had one
that connected to the tablet she used for a register. Everything
was electronic so she didn’t have to worry about that.
As she walked over to the door to slip the lock into place,
she thought about how eager she was to head upstairs to her