Briggs snorted and looked out the window. “We’d better not be going to that new donair place by the office, Hudson. You know I hate donairs.”
“How can you hate donairs?” Rosalie said. “They’re meat-filled wraps of deliciousness.”
“Briggs has an Excel spreadsheet of all the reasons why a person should hate a donair,” Hudson said.
“Are you being serious right now?” Rosalie said before turning to Briggs. “Is he being serious?”
“No,” Briggs said.
“Lies,” Hudson said.
“It’s a Google document, not an Excel spreadsheet,” Briggs said.
Rosalie burst into laughter. “Oh my God, I need to read it.”
“I’ll email it to you,” Briggs said.
Rosalie laughed again as Hudson made a right and Briggs took a good look out the window. His heart cranked it up a notch, and a ridiculous rush of excitement went through him. His polar bear stopped his grumbling as Briggs said, “This is the road to Cece’s place.”
“Is it?” Hudson said with a blandly neutral look.
Rosalie poked him before smiling at Briggs. “We’re having dinner at Cece’s, along with Tori and Judd. Hudson thought you might like to join us.”
Relief and gratitude rushed through Briggs like a waterfall. He gave Hudson a grateful look. “Thanks, man.”
“Anytime.” Hudson’s gaze fell on Rosalie. “I know what it’s like to be going crazy for your mate.”
She kissed his upper arm as Briggs said, “Cece isn’t my mate.”
“Your polar bear thinks she is,” Hudson said.
“How the hell do you know that?”
“Because I’ve been there. I recognize the signs,” Hudson said.
“It’s because of her magic, but I can’t convince my bear of that,” Briggs said.
“Maybe because it isn’t just the magic,” Hudson said.
“It is. It has to be. My bear cannot be convinced that Cece’s his mate when we’ve only known her for less than a month,” Briggs said.
“I knew Rosie was my mate the minute I saw her,” Hudson said.
Rosalie stared at him. “Shut up, you did not.”
He grinned. “I did. I denied it, like Briggs is doing, but my bear knew and deep down so did I.”
“I would never have guessed that you’d be the love at first sight type,” Rosalie said.
Hudson just shrugged. “I wasn’t until I met you.”
She kissed his arm again. “I love you, honey.”
“I love you, too, my mate.”
“I’m happy for you both, but my situation is completely different,” Briggs said.
“Not that different,” Hudson said, turning into Cece’s driveway and parking behind Judd’s SUV.
