“Oh, I see. It makes sense you’d want to wait for everyone else to go home. That way when you lose again, it won’t be so embarrassing.” I reached up and gave his chest a playful pat.

“Oh, ho, ho, that’s the way it’s going to be, is it?”

I grinned. “What? Think you might be . . . in over your head?”

He laughed. “Okay. I totally deserved that.”

I gathered my things and turned off the lights, then we walked together to the back door. April had locked up on her way out, so I used my newly acquired, all-powerful keycard to get us through the door and into the parking lot. Only two cars remained.

He pointed to my car. “This is you?”

“Yep. Thanks for bringing me dinner,” I said.

“Thanks for letting me come.” He put a hand on my arm and leaned in, kissing me on the cheek. The closeness of him, even for the briefest of moments, was enough to start my heart hammering. Jamie lingered, his body leaning into mine, and grinned. He knew exactly what sort of affect he had on me. Probably on women in general.

I rolled my eyes and pushed him away. “Okay. Enough of your spell-casting man magic.”

He grinned. “I’ll see you around.”

Cocky jerk, I thought to myself.

I couldn’t wait to see him again.

Simon: How was dinner?

Jamie: Sushi was disgusting. Company was great.

Simon: You have terrible taste.

Jamie: I won’t tell Lane you said so.

Simon: In food, moron. I’m sure Lane is very nice.

Jamie: She’s going to help with the soccer clinic next week. Can you get her a coaching shirt?

Simon: Will do.

Simon: Did Lane like the sushi?

Jamie: Yeah. Said it was amazing.

Simon: See? You do have terrible taste.

Chapter 4

I stopped by the front desk on my way into work the next morning. “Hey, April, do you know how to get ahold of Carlos? He’s the facilities guy, right? Will he be in today?” Surely he would be. The inn was officially open for business. Hopefully everyone would be back in.

“He’s here. Somewhere outside, I think. Want me to tell him you’d like to see him?”

“Yes, please. I just need to go over a few things for the wedding.”

“You got it. I’ll let him know.”

I turned to leave, but she called me back.

“Hey, how was your date last night?” she asked.

I gave her a casual shrug but couldn’t keep from smiling. “It was fine.”

“Fine? Right. I’m sure that’s all it was. He’s gorgeous.”

“You should see him with his brothers. Seriously amazing genetics in the Hamilton family.”

“Wait, there’re more? Jamie has brothers?”

“Three of them. All taken though, so don’t get your hopes up. Two are in relationships already, and the other is weeks away from getting his mission call.”