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tasted a seven dollar coffee before. But the whipping cream was topped with a caramel swirl that he knew he’d mess up.
    Mitch sat in his Jeep outside Chloe’s day spa with a melting caramel drink in the cup holder. He felt as apprehensive as he had in his teens on prom night—back when he was pimple-faced, gangly, and shy.
    A shadow passed by his window and he turned. Chloe stood next to the Jeep with her head cocked to one side—not frowning but not smiling, either. He rolled down his window and handed her the coffee. “Here. I bought this for you. It’s a large, caramel, coffee drink.”
    “Yum. My favorite. Thank you.” Chloe took the drink and sucked a quarter of it through the straw. “Ow! Ow!…Brain freeze!” she exclaimed.
    Mitch laughed at her funny expression. “You’re welcome.” She wore a dot of whipped cream on her chin, right next to that sexy dimple. It must’ve dripped from the straw. Mitch reached out to wipe it off and then stopped. What was he doing?
    “Do I have something on my face?” Chloe asked touching different places.
    She wasn’t even close to it. He stilled her hand with his, and with the other one, gently wiped the smudge away. He felt tempted to taste it, but instead removed the smudge with a napkin. Chloe smiled, stirred her drink and swirled everything together.
    “Would you like some? I can’t possibly drink all this,” Chloe said as she tilted her drink from side-to-side, swirling the mixture even more.
    He hesitated even though he was tempted.
    “Oh, come on. It’s like heaven in a cup,” she insisted.
    Mitch took a small sip to pacify Chloe, but once the cold liquid slid down his throat he wanted more. He stopped before he chugged it all down, but not before a loud slurping noise erupted from the bottom of the cup. Mortified, he felt his cheeks heat from embarrassment. “Uh, it looks as though I might owe you another one.”
    “You liked it, huh?”
    “I guess you could say that.” Mitch laughed.
    Chloe smiled and gathered her long hair in one big bunch, twisted it and pulled it to the side of her head. He’d noticed her do that at Roy’s shop too.
    “Did you plan to come in or just hoped I’d walk around the parking lot looking for a free coffee?” she joked and shook her hair back into place.
    Mitch ached to touch her beautiful, golden hair. When he didn’t answer right away, Chloe laughed and opened the Jeep’s door.
    “Come on in. I’ll show you around the spa.”
    “I’ve never been in a spa before,” Mitch confessed but he wasn’t embarrassed. Chloe’s fun, quirky personality put him at ease.
    Chloe looped her arm through his and pulled him through the door of her spa. Did she think he’d run away?
    She let go and spread her arms wide and spun around. “Welcome to the Grape Vine Spa.”
    Mitch was impressed. The spa was open, bright, and smelled fresh, like the sea. Light, tinkling music played softly in the background. “When did you open?”
    “Last year. We’ve built a steady clientele and I’m hiring three new employees to cover the busy summer months. The wineries are bringing in the new jobs and tourisms is booming.”
    Chloe led him back to a small alcove of an office and he sat in an overstuffed, bright yellow chair. He felt as though he sat in a big lemon. Chloe sat behind a small desk, steepled her fingers under her chin and watched him while he fidgeted in the lemon chair. Her blues eyes seemed to sparkle with humor.
    “Do you like white wine with salmon cakes and dill sauce?” Chloe asked.
    “I don’t drink much wine, but I’ll eat anything. I pretty much live on pre-packaged frozen food,” Mitch confessed. “Why?”
    “I’ll tell you, if you tell me why you stopped by,” Chloe said, still smiling.
    Mitch didn’t answer right away. He liked watching Chloe. She reached into a small refrigerator, grabbed two bottles of spring water and handed him one. He took it, twisted the top off and guzzled half the bottle. It