“Our boy has matured, Nina,” Amused Tomb.
“I was mature enough for her, but something made Lisa drop me. Do you know why?” he directed toward Nina, and she shook her head.
“I only recently found out about you and her. But she didn’t say why you broke up. Were you too immature?”
He bristled. The fuck he was. He’d been all the man Lisa had needed, and though she’d never said it with words, her actions and body language had told younger Splice how crazy about him she was. He’d never been able to work out what changed her mind, and so suddenly.
“Should I find out?” offered Nina.
“No. Lisa will tell me anything I need to know herself.”
“God.” Exhaled, Nina, and then she grinned. “You’ve changed, Splice.”
“Not really. Lisa wasn’t here before. Now she is.”
“Don’t make me cry! That was so sweet. Wasn’t that sweet, Rome?”
“Sure, princess.” Agreed, Tomb, winking at his wife.
Then Nina said, chuckling. “Something just occurred to me. You’ve gone full circle by settling down with your first girlfriend. All the bed-hopping you’ve done, and you chase your first love. This has urban myth written all over it. The Utah women are going to hold a candlelight vigil when they find out you’re off the market.”
“He even deleted his little black book,” chimed in Tomb, smirking.
“You loose-lipped fuck,” Splice scowled.Hold up. Maybe Nina would tell Lisa, and it would earn him some points in his favor to know he was serious.
“I’m helping your cause. Now Nina knows you’re not fucking around and she won’t interfere.”
Splice snapped his neck around. “Don’t interfere.”
“I won’t. I like this for Lisa. She won’t accept any of my blind date suggestions.”
“Don’t set her up!” he nearly growled. He’d lose his mind and kill them all before they could even show up at her door.
He lost some of his shoulder tension. Stepping off the stool, he dumped the empty cup into the sink. “I’m out. Picking up Lisa.”
For more than a year, people in the clubhouse didn’t think Splice was really committed to being celibate and no longer wanted casual flings. They were about to see how committed he was to one woman.
The woman.
Nina was right.
He was going to chase his first love until he caught her again.
And this time, he wouldn’t so easily let her go if she dared try to leave him.
“Hey, pretty girl.”
Lisa was rocking a flowy maxi skirt and a cropped jacket when he arrived at her place. Such a pretty vibe. Looking shy and avoiding his eyes. Her blonde hair was over her shoulders, looking grabbable, and he clenched both hands at his sides so he wouldn’t reach out and touch the softness.
Lisa was also chewing as she closed the door behind her, locking up.
“Are you eating? Do you still wanna grab breakfast?” Shit, he should have gotten here sooner if she were hungry.
“It’s only fruit, a breakfast appetizer. I could still eat.” She said and Splice grinned. He loved a woman who loved food.
At his truck, he opened the door for her, and she gave him the same curious look she’d given him yesterday when he’d done the same for her. She climbed in without question as he guarded her head from hitting the roof. When he rounded the front and climbed in, too, she turned to him.
“Why aren’t you on your motorcycle?”
