“No!” The light turned green, and Susanne accelerated across the intersection a little too fast. “No. I mean…” She eased up on the gas pedal. “The fact that he’ll be out for a week or two and Felix isn’t working either. I’ll have to step up my stationery game and help out more at Paper Love.”

Great. Anja squeezed her eyes shut for a second. That meant they’d spend even more time together than before, just when they could use a little distance.

“What?” Susanne sent another quick glance over at her. “You don’t think I can do it?”

“No, no, that’s not…” Anja bit her lip. “I’m sure you’ll do just fine.” The question was, how well would she be doing, having to work with Susanne more closely than ever, while all she could think about was that kiss and what Susanne had said afterward?

Chapter 14

Chapter 14

“Hey, slow down!” Miri called as Anja marched along the lake’s shore. “This is supposed to be a relaxing walk, not a race.”

Anja slowed so Miri and Gino could catch up. “Sorry. I guess with everything that happened today, I’ve got a lot of nervous energy to burn.”

“But you said Nobby will be fine, right?”

“That’s what they said at the ER. We just need to keep him from returning to work too soon.”

“Then what else has got you so…twitchy?” Miri asked.

Anja opened her mouth to tell her she wasn’t twitchy, but what slipped out instead was, “I kissed her.” She gripped Miri’s arm the way she had gripped Susanne’s earlier that day. “I kissed Susanne.”

She expected Miri to stumble to a halt and stare at her, but her friend waved her hand dismissively. “Oh, that’s nothing. I slept with her sister.”

Now Anja was the one stumbling to a halt and staring. “You…what?”

Miri dragged her over to a bench beneath a streetlamp and pulled her down next to her. The dog flopped down at their feet. “I slept with Franzi.” A big grin spread over her face, and her eyes shone. “Well, there wasn’t actually much sleeping going on last weekend.”

“Oh wow,” was all Anja could think of to say.

Miri’s grin became even broader, if that was possible. “You can say that again,” she said in a dreamy, faraway voice. “God, it was fantastic. Best sex I ever had.”

Anja covered her ears with both hands. “No details, please. She’s Susanne’s sister.”

Miri laughed. “Okay, okay. I’ll just daydream about the mind-blowing details in silence.”

“So now what?”

“More great sex.” Miri’s eyes twinkled. “Franzi will try to come down here next weekend.”