She was doing the right thing. It didn’t matter how perfect Daniel seemed. Craig had seemed perfect in the beginning too.

No. That wasn’t true. Craig had never seemed perfect. It was unfair to even compare the two men. With her relationship with Craig—if it could even be called that—she’d shouldered the lion’s share of the work, not only starting the conversations but keeping them going. With Daniel, it was effortless. When they met for their morning coffee they never had a problem finding topics to discuss. She knew his favorite music artists—a bunch of rappers from the eighties and nineties who were probably grandparents by now—and that he could recite verbatim entire scenes from The Hunt for Red October.

If her life depended on her knowing Craig’s favorite movie, her family would be picking out funeral clothes.

But just because you know a person’s favorite movie or that they prefer mochas to regular coffee doesn’t mean you know them. Who’s to say Daniel wasn’t a serial dater, just like Craig. He could have hookup partners all over this country.

You know that’s not true.

No, she didn’t know. And whether it was true or not didn’t matter. Her priorities had shifted. Finding a man was no longer on the list. It was time she focused on her.

Her stomach retaliated against her with an angry growl, but just as she was about to head to the kitchen, John came into her office with his laptop open and one of their newest clients, the owner of a string of pet boutiques that was on the verge of franchising her successful business, on a video conference call. Samiah spent the next hour talking the client down from the proverbial ledge. She didn’t even get the chance to grab that granola bar for lunch before it was time to leave for her meeting in Wells Branch.

She packed her laptop into her bag and locked up her desk. She wouldn’t worry about coming back to the office once she was done with her meeting.

She’d made it just past the Water Wall in Trendsetters’ lobby when she heard someone call her name. “Hey, Samiah.”

She turned to find Justin Vail striding toward her, with Daniel trailing a few steps behind. He stood alongside Justin, his hands shoved into his pockets.

“I’m glad I caught you before you left,” Justin said. “I realized that Daniel hasn’t seen any of our nonprofit work in action. I thought he could join you at the Right Path today, get a firsthand look at what you do.”

“Gotta love this immersive training,” Daniel said.

The effort to suppress her laugh nearly did her in. Samiah cleared her throat and nodded. “I’ll be happy to show Daniel the ropes.” She turned to him. “Are you ready?”

“Absolutely.”