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“No, sorry. You have to follow all the same rules and etiquette as all my customers.”
With a laugh he said, “I’ll have my usual then.”
“Coming right up.” She turned to go make his drink.
“Oh no. Get back here and take my money,” he said.
“But you’re my boyfriend.” She felt weird saying the word boyfriend and even weirder still charging him.
“You just said it doesn’t give me any special privileges.”
She did, didn’t she? “Okay then.” She rang him up and took his money.
“Hey, Enzo,” Paulie said once he finished a big order and zoned back into the world around him.
“Hey, how’s it going? This one driving you crazy yet?”
Cami shot him a glare, and Enzo held his hands up with a laugh.
“Not at all,” Paulie said. “Couldn’t ask for a better boss.”
Cami smiled smugly. “See?”
“Kiss ass,” Enzo mumbled.
Cami laughed while she made Enzo’s coffee, and when she was done, she pushed it across the counter. “Here you are. Now go. You’re holding up the line.”
“I see how it is. Wasn’t expecting the honeymoon stage to be over so quickly.”
She gave him a playful wink then waved him forward and kissed him goodbye. As she pulled away, she whispered, “Add this counter to your bucket list.”
Enzo’s eyes darkened, and she spun away so he could watch her ass sway as she headed to the backroom to get more stirrers.
***
Enzo walked down the boardwalk and spotted Reid walking toward him. Enzo gave Reid a nod as he approached. The navy-blue sleeves of his uniform strained against his biceps. He was in good shape for a man three years shy of forty.
“Good morning,” he said.
“Wish I could say the same.”
“Rough night?” Enzo asked.
“Dumb teenagers stole a boat and managed to get stuck in the middle of the cove. Had to go track down the boat owner this morning.”
“Bet that was a fun conversation.”
“Not as fun as trying to throw off the local media. They’re like savages.”
“That’s because they finally had something to report on other than the weather.”
“Then she needs to get a job in a bigger town.”
“She?” Enzo asked.
“Allison Winters.”
“The woman on the local news?”
