Page 430 of His Hungry Wolf
“Right,” he said with a chuckle. “He’s upstairs with Quin. You tell him how you feel about him yet.”
I looked at him feeling the weight of what happened.
“I did,” I admitted seeing waves of emotions flow through Nero.
“It didn’t go well?”
“You know Lou’s engaged, right?”
“No shit!” Nero said handing me a beer from the fridge. “Who?”
“The quarterback from the team.”
“Bradley?”
“It’s a new guy who transferred from Nashville.”
“A new guy. How long have they been dating?”
“He proposed on the third date,” I told Nero getting a blank stare in return. “Yeah, I thought the same thing.”
“So, you don’t think it’s gonna last either?” Nero said breaking out of his stupor and taking a swig.
“What do you mean?”
“Did he text Lou good morning and good night every day?”
“I think so. Why?”
“Does he like grand gestures?”
I thought about it. Not only did he propose to Lou with a choir singing in the background, he showed up at Lou’s place to surprise him.
“He does,” I decided.
“Then, all you gotta do is wait him out,” Nero said with a confident smile.
“What are you talking about?”
“He’s what you call a Love Bomber.”
“What’s that?”
“He gets off on the rush you feel at the beginning of a relationship. No follow-through.”
“How do you know this?”
“I know things,” Nero said taking another gulp of beer. “Just wait him out. Lou will realize what he passed up on.”
I considered that. When the silence drew out, I brought up something else I couldn’t get out of my mind.
“So, how’s it been going with that dragon shifter?” I asked hesitantly.
“You mean Big Mac?”
“Yeah.”
“It’s cool.”