Page 363 of His Hungry Wolf

But here’s the thing. We’ve been texting so much. And he told me that he was falling in love with me after the second date. That’s right, I went on a second date with someone. I bet no one had that on their bingo card.

But I did and he took me into the mountains to watch a meteor shower. And he had a blanket and a picnic basket. I’m practically crying just thinking about it. No one has ever treated me like this. So when my parents said they were coming to visit me, how could I not take the opportunity to prove them wrong?

‘We don’t have a problem with you being gay,’ they said. ‘We just don’t think that anyone will love you if you are. So, getting off your medication is the last thing you should be doing.’

What? Did my parents just say that? They don’t think their son will ever find love?

Well, let me tell you something Mom, there’s a guy who’s hot and rich that any girl would die to have. And he’s falling in love with me, your gay son who you don’t think anyone will ever love.

I’ve always said, if life gives you lemons, you make sure you use them to prove your parents were wrong about you. Seymour is my lemons. Does Sey look like the guy who tosses his keys to the nearest Mexican to park his yacht? A little bit. But according to my parents, I look like a guy who needs to be on medication because he will never find love. So, looks can be deceiving.

The only issue now is that I texted Sey the time and place we would be meeting my parents and he hasn’t texted back to confirm. The guy texts me ‘Good morning, beautiful,’ every day. And on the morning he’s supposed to meet my parents, crickets?

Did I make a mistake? Was I moving too fast? He was the one who said that he was falling in love with me. I didn’t go there. So, how far off is that from inviting him to meet my parents?

I ruined things, didn’t I? Oh god, I did! I took a guy who offered me an olive branch and I spanked him with it. Didn’t he see me pulling off the leaves? He could have stopped me. Did we even have a safe word? We didn’t have a safe word. Crap, I scared him off!

Approaching a full-on panic attack, I pulled out my phone and called the only one who knew how to handle me when I got into a state like this.

“Titus?” I said to my wolf shifter best friend.

“Lou, what’s up?”

I could hear him smiling through the phone. Didn’t he know my life was falling apart? How could he be smiling at a time like this? Who’s the crazy person now?

“What’s up? I’ll tell you what’s up. I’m headed to meet my parents and the boyfriend, who I invited for the sole purpose of making my parents eat their words, hasn’t told me he’s coming.”

“Wait, he’s your boyfriend? When did that happen?”

“I don’t know. Sometime after our second date. He told me he loved me and…”

“He told you he loved you after your second date?” he asked cutting me off.

“Yeah. Or maybe it was a text. And he might have said that he’s falling in love with me. But that’s just one block away from love-town, right?”

“I… guess.”

“So, he told me he loved me. Then I told him my parents would be in town and that he should meet them. He said he wanted to and we agreed. But this morning when I gave him the details, nothing. Not even a meme. And I love the funny memes he sends me. It’s one of the best things about our relationship.”

“Wow! That’s a lot.”

“What’s a lot?”

“You just said so many things that…”

“Oh my god, I’m here,” I said cutting Titus off. “What am I gonna do? What am I gonna do?”

“First, calm down.”

“I tell you that my life hangs in the balance and you tell me to calm down? This is the perfect time to panic.”

“Lou, listen to me. Take a breath. Breathe.”

Staring at the pastry shop I told my parents to meet me at, I did what Titus said. I took a breath. It was hard considering the giant hands squeezing my chest, but I did. It helped. I barely felt like I was going to pass out anymore.

“Are you doing it?”

“Quiet, I’m trying to breathe,” I told him struggling to take another breath.