“Your house sigil is a pumpkin spice latte,” Natalia choked out between laughs. “Your birth chart is a constellation of fairy lights.”
Lily grabbed a pillow and shoved it over Natalia’s face, grinning as her friend laughed more. “Tell me what you wantsaid in your eulogy. Keep teasing me, and it’ll be the tale of the Eiffel Tower in college. And, yes, Iwillexplain to your mother what it means.”
“Okay, okay. I surrender!”
She pulled back the pillow and peeked around, glaring with a false fierceness.
“But you gotta admit, Lily Sullivan does have a nice ring to it.”
She let the pillow fly back in Natalia’s face.
Natalia shoved the pillow away while her face flushed from laughter. “I have an idea.”
“You are banned from ideas.”
“No, this is a good one. Promise.”
“And what’s that?”
Natalia grabbed Lily’s phone from atop the comforter. “We call Kieran.”
Lily sprang to her knees, eyes wide. “Don’t you dare.”
But the phone was already lit up. Kieran’s name danced across the screen, taunting her. “Oops,” Nat whispered.
Lily lunged, but Nat rolled to the floor and cradled the phone against her ear.
His voice came through the receiver, muted but silky smooth. “Nice of you to call, Princess.”
“Oh, he calls youPrincess—I like.”
“Nat, hang up,” Lily hissed.
“Is this Naturalmente Nat?”
Lily could picture the stupid smirk on his face as he spoke. The charming and slow uptilt of his lips right before he crossed his arms over his chest like a challenge.
Natalia hopped up and danced away from Lily, holding out an arm in defense. “So, you’ve heard of me?”
“Your face is hanging right above her bed.”
“Lily,” Nat stage-whispered and drew the phone away from her lips. “He admits to being in your bed.”
Lily dragged her hands over her face. Could she hide a body? Not in Lake Michigan, for sure. But if she could get it up to Superior… She’d need Alex’s help.
Oblivious, or indifferent, to Lily’s embarrassment, Natalia continued with her ridiculousness. “I’m calling on behalf of Literally Lily. Her personal page has fallen to the wayside lately. Now, with Bossman wanting you all to do some dual content, and with the internet loving That Gym Guy, I have a proposal. You and Lily go on a hike tomorrow. She takes some videos and uploads them to both channels. You wear the sluttiest shorts you own. I’m talking five-inch inseams.”
“You don’t wear short shorts on a hike, Nat,” she hissed.
Kieran chuckled, deep and rich, and the sound painted a smile unbidden on Lily’s lips.
“I’ll dig through my old gear and let you know about the shorts. Now, will our coworkers be in attendance or is this an exclusive invitation?”
“Given this is crossover content, I’d say exclusive. No need to drag everyone out on a lazy Sunday.”
A date. Natalia was setting her and Kieran up on a date.
“Certainly not. Since she’s indisposed, tell Lily to bring a suit. I know a spot.”
