Stella nodded. “Alright.”
The guy behind her still didn’t look happy with me.
I didn’t particularly care.
“How are you going to go?” she asked me. “You can’t be away from Wyatt, and you can’t bring him to the girls’ night.”
“Oh, Wyatt’s wolf is going to pretend to be Abby’s wolfdog.” I patted the man’s arm. The look he flashed me was amused, rather than annoyed.
Stella blinked. “Wyatt’s wolf doesn’t look like Nico’s.”
“Emmy and Zoe aren’t going to remember him that clearly, and they’re the only ones not in on the wolf thing. Right?”
“I guess.”
She’d just confirmed that Maya was involved somehow.
I was on to them.
“Perfect. I got distracted, so we’re kind of running late and need to head out. Right now.”
“Right this second?”
“Yeah.”
“Oh. Okay.” Stella looked at her guy. The annoyance on his face vanished as soon as she was looking at him. “I should’ve called her sooner. I owe them. You good with it, Teddy Graham?”
He sighed. “I’m good.”
“Thanks.” She kissed him.
The kiss deepened, and I cleared my throat. They cut it off quickly.
Wyatt coughed, totally trying to hide a laugh.
“Alright. Let me get dressed, and we’ll go,” Stella said with a grin.
“Graham should stay out here, so I don’t have to ring your doorbell a dozen more times,” I said.
He flashed Wyatt an exasperated look. When I glanced over at Wyatt, I found him hiding a grin as he feigned rubbing the scruff on his face.
“That’s probably for the best.” Stella slipped away, leaving Graham on the porch with us.
“The weather’s nice,” I remarked, while the werewolf dude stared past us.
“Sure,” Graham said.
Luckily, Stella changed quickly.
She pulled her hair up into a ponytail while she slipped past Graham, flashing me a smile as she hip-bumped me. “I owe you a hiking date.”
“Hell yeah, you do.”
“Might have to make it a double.”
“I guess that could work.” I stepped closer to Wyatt, who squeezed my hip again.
The drive passed quicklywhile I gave Wyatt a rundown of my friends and the dynamics between them. It helped that he already knew Stella and Abby.
