Page 39 of Before It Was Love

“Why is everyone congregating in the hallway?” Paisley asks as she arrives.

“Congregating?” Chloe snorts. “This isn’t church.”

“I don’t know.” Nova taps her chin as she studies me. “Someone might have said a few ‘oh gods’ last night.”

There weren’t any ‘oh gods’ but I certainly moaned and groaned when Flynn kissed me like he could never get his fill.

“Eek!” Maya points to my face. “She’s blushing. She finally had sex with Flynn.”

“How was it? Was it worth the wait? I want all the details.” Chloe ushers me toward the stairs.

I wrangle out of her hold. “What are you doing? Pushing me down the stairs?”

She rolls her eyes. “A good sex story needs beer.”

“It’s eight o’clock in the morning and we have an important pitch today,” I remind her.

“How about a non-alcoholic beer?” Paisley suggests.

I grimace. “I thought we agreed non-alcoholic beer is gross.”

She glares at me. “My non-alcoholic beer is not gross. And the market for non-alcoholic beer is too large to ignore.”

As the marketing manager, I agree with her – no matter how much I’d prefer not to. “Okay. Let’s try some of this non-alcoholic beer.”

“She’s cute.” Chloe wraps her arm around my shoulders. “She thinks we forgot about interrogating her about last night.”

“Interrogating? Are you going to get out the cuffs?”

“Nah. I save those for my sexual partners. I do love to cuff a man to the bed.”

Nova waggles her eyebrows. “Have you cuffed Lucas to your bed?”

Chloe purses her lips. “Lucas wants nothing to do with me.”

“Too bad. A man in uniform is sexy.” Maya sighs.

“Does the uniform make him sexier or is he sexy without the uniform as well?” Paisley asks.

“I bet he’s super sexy without the uniform and naked in my bed,” Chloe says. “But I’ll have to stick to my battery operated boyfriend for now since Lucas is immune to my charms.”

I gasp. “There’s a man in the world who’s immune to your charms? Say it ain’t so.”

“How about you, Sophia? Is Flynn resistant to your charms?”

I hold up a hand. “I’m not discussing this.”

Paisley tilts her head and studies me. “I don’t believe Sophia finally had sex with Flynn. Sex releases endorphins and oxytocin. These hormones should make her feel good.”

“Maybe the effect already wore off. Does Flynn not enjoy morning sex?”

I throw my hands in the air. “I didn’t have sex with Flynn. There. Are you satisfied?”

I march off but Maya blocks my way before I can hide away. “But you blushed.”

Nova claps. “Something happened.”

I give up. My best friends aren’t going to leave me alone until I confess what happened. And I really do need to prepare for today’s presentation forGourmet Corner.Our dream has always been to have our beers available in every grocery store in the US.Gourmet Cornercould be the start of fulfilling that dream.

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