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We’re kind of always ready to drop everything at a moment’s notice, if we need to.
“That doesn’t change the fact that you felt something for her at some point,” Sapphire tells me.
“The only thing I ever felt was some kind of connection that I couldn’t explain,” I go on, wondering when she’s going to shut me down. Bishop didn’t want me talking about this, but there’s no way I could stand to let it go. “There was no attraction involved in that whatsoever.”
She sips her coffee. It looks like she’s mulling over my words, trying to decide if she believes me.
“I’ve never been attracted to Scarlett Faris,” I state, sitting up straighter. “Give me a bible to swear that on, and I’ll do it.”
She laughs. “Stop! You almost made me spit out my coffee!”
I smile at her. “I didn’t know it would make you laugh. I wasn’t joking.”
“I know,” she says, nodding.
Her voice has softened up a little, and she seems more receptive.
“I’ll tell you anything you want to know about me,” I propose. “Anything. Bishop can confirm if I’m being honest. He knows almost everything about me.”
“Almost?” she asks, sounding curious now that she’s warming up to me.
“Well, a guy has to have some secrets,” I admit.
“Like, what?” she asks, leaning in a little and lowering her voice.
I can taste her sweet, citrusy perfume and I forget what we were talking about.
All I can think about now is how good she smells, and looks, and how much I want to lean forward just a tiny little bit more to kiss her.
“What secrets do you have, Rueben?” she asks quietly.
Right. I was supposed to be sating her curiosity. Not … other things.
“Well, for one thing, I hide snacks in my nightstand drawer.”
“Snacks?” she asks. “I think you can do better than that.”
It is a little lame as far as secrets go, and it might not be that big of a secret anymore. I’m pretty sure everyone’s caught me eating something from that drawer at least once.
She wants something bigger, something with some kind of consequence attached.
“I have a big one, but it’s kind of embarrassing.”
“That sounds more like a real secret.”
I glance up a Bishop, who’s got our eggs cooking in a pan now.
He doesn’t look over, but I know he will the second I reveal this.
“It happened at a party next door,” I start, catching the hint of concern in her expression and moving quickly to the punchline of the story before she can wonder what else might have happened at that party. “I peed on Karma’s favorite shoes.”
She blinks at me, and then snorts. “What?”
“That was you?” Bishop asks sharply from the stove.
I roll my eyes. “See, that was a real secret. Even my lead Alpha didn’t know.”
“What happened, exactly?” she asks. “I’m assuming you didn’t just walk up to her, and …”
