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“Tell us,” Tessa said. “We need to know these things.”

“You don’tneedto know them,” she said, grinning, and looked at the food being spread out on the table. Most would come in within the next thirty minutes to get theirs or they’d stick it in the fridge if it was still on the table by the time she was done eating.

She’d had plans of eating her lunch in her office and getting work done.

That wouldn’t happen.

Well, it could. She could walk away and leave them wondering and most would let it go.

She wouldn’t do that because for once she actually was excited about having another date with a man.

One who knew about her past going in.

Who understood that she spent a lot of time working.

That would understand the constraints it might have on a relationship too.

For the moment it was just two dates. No reason to get ahead of herself.

Though at nine on Wednesday night, she’d texted Dane her number and address.

She lived five minutes from her business. It was convenient on more than one level. She hadn’t even planned onbuying a house, but two years ago when she’d heard a client talking about one for sale not far away, she looked and decided it couldn’t be more perfect.

It meant she didn’t have to stay here nonstop. She could go home for breaks. She could come in to close or open if she wanted too.

She trusted a few of her staff to do that. Heather was older and had been her first employee when she expanded. There was no need to have a manager here, but Heather had a set of keys along with Kaitlyn. Kaitlyn had been employed three years and they were nice reliable employees.

She didn’t have too many worries if they were opening and closing if she wanted to take a day off or go on a vacation.

Which rarely happened, but she did have to give herself a break now and again too.

She sat down with her sandwich and the rest of the staff who had time followed.

It’d be fun to play with them some. “Please?” Elle asked. “I’ll give you a pedicure the next time we’ve got breaks together.”

She grinned. She let the staff do that if they had free time. Why not? They’d just be sitting around anyway since they didn’t get a lot of walk-ins.

“Deal,” she said. It just meant she didn’t have to give herself one.

“So,” Becca said. “Who is it?”

She looked at Vanessa who was standing by the door. She’d got to the backroom first but was watching to see if anyone came out to be cashed out.

“He’s a client.”

“Oh, this is getting juicy,” Elle said, giggling. “So you’ve had your hands on his naked body.”

“I have,” she said. “Though he keeps his underwear on. I think he’s shy.”

She winked and they laughed some more.

“Who asked who out?” Becca asked.

“He asked me after his massage on Wednesday night.”

“I wish I was working that day,” Vanessa said. “Though I can go look it up now.”

“No need to,” she said. “You were working the first time he was here using his gift card.”

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