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.”