Page 89 of Safe With You

She watched my face.

“It’s good.”

“Obviously.”

“Don’t ruin it.”

She leaned over the counter far enough to see my planner.

Her eyes landed on the date.

A smile spread across her face.

“No.”

“I didn’t say anything.”

“You were about to.”

“I was about to congratulate you on making an excellent decision.”

“I haven’t made a decision.”

A smile spread across her face.

“You took the question mark off.”

I looked down at the planner.

Maybe one successful night didn’t mean I had to figure out what this could become, but I didn’t have to be afraid of doing it twice either.

“Yeah,” I said. “It’s official.”

Naomi grinned. “Monthly?”

“Let’s survive the second one first.”

“That wasn’t a no.”

“That wasn’t a no for now.”

I took another sip of coffee.

That seemed to satisfy her enough to send her back toward the café.

I opened the bookstore’s event calendar and added the date before I could change my mind.

The empty box filled with words.

Open Mic Night.

No question mark.

I sat back.

It was a small thing, one date on a calendar, but Chapter & Charm had been built out of small things.

The first wholesale order I’d been terrified nobody would buy.