The phone rang immediately. As soon as Kat picked up, Mia spoke.
“You hungry? Thinking I pick up from Ling’s and make it a girl’s night.”
“That, my friend, is a fantastic idea.”
“I’ll be at your place in an hour.”
“Okay. I’ve got drinks.”
Kat rinsed her brushes, put away her materials, and had the table set when Mia arrived. She buzzed her inside and met her at the door.
“How was your day? Were you at the studio?”
She waved a hand. “Not the greatest day ever, but that’s not what I want to talk about.”
There was no doubt what—or who—Mia wanted to talk about.
Mia dumped the bags of food onto the table and plopped into a chair.
Kat delivered a pot of hot water and tea bags to the table and joined her. As they opened containers, the scent of steamy soy sauce filled the room. “This smells delicious.” She reached for the rice and picked up a serving spoon.
“I like him.”
Kat’s breath caught in a choked laugh. “I wondered if you were ever going to get to the point,” she teased.
“And he likes you, that’s for sure. He hardly took his eyes off you yesterday. I’d say the man is thoroughly besotted—exactly as I predicted.”
Kat couldn’t help grinning. “I like him, too.”
“Yeah, that’s kind of obvious. It was fun to get to know him a little. Seems like a solid guy. Well-grounded.” Mia smiled over her cup. “He’s awfully cute. Did you see how he helped little Shayna use the big scissors? It was sweet. I think she’s got a crush on your man.”
Her man. Those words sent a shockwave surging through Kat. “Haha. She’ll have to get over it. I’m not sharing.”
“So, what’s the scoop? He got the TV thing so he’s going to be famous. And maybe hanging around New York?” Her brows arched in question.
“I hope you just predicted the future,” Kat said. But when she basically said the same thing last night, he’d skirted the issue.We’ll work it out, he said. But he gave no ideas on how they would do that.
“Eh-hem. He did not visit the hotel he mentioned on Friday night, correct?”
As heat flooded her face, Kat set down her fork and picked up her ice water. “That is correct.”
“Girrrrl. Good for you.”
“It’s so crazy how one minute he’s here, and we’re having this fun time, and everything is great. And then he’s gone.”
Mia’s brow furrowed. “When’s he coming back?”
“Not sure.”
“Are they setting him up in a place here?”
Kat shook her head. “Not sure yet. They’re talking about filming in Connecticut, though. Maybe next time we can double-date. You and Jack could–”
Mia held up a hand. “Not happening.”
“Why not?”
“Jack is seeing someone else.”
