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Hard to, that weight on my shoulder, his grin on me. He flashed it right in my direction before squeezing my shoulders. “Red, this is my mom.”
Red…
I’d hated that nickname when he gave it to me, loathed it, but the jump that returned to my stomach told me right away that had changed. It was like I’d missed being called that.
“Red.” His mom’s head tilted, a smile on her face. She had a smile like her son and, of course, her daughter. She put out a hand. “Hi, Fawn. My name’s Brielle. This one’s mom.”
She lodged a shoulder into his side, the grin on his face easy now, relaxed. It reminded me of the rare times when he expressed pure joy and how truly handsome it did make him whenever he did it.
Glancing away from it, I took his mom’s hand. “Fawn.”
“Lovely.” I didn’t know if she meant me or what, but whatever the case, the sentiment brought the smile out on my face too. I couldn’t help it. Something about this woman’s energy, and she appeared so happy to see me. “I’m so glad I got to meet you. Ares said you had a class.”
“She does.” He looked down at me, and I nodded.
“Got out early,” I said, but I noticed neither one of us let go of the other. If anything, we moved closer, and the pair of us held on to each other in a death grip. Mine was because of how awkward this was in front of his mom, but I didn’t know his reasons.
Perhaps awkwardness too, and I did something weird in that moment. I let go of my death grip and tapped him. I did it softly, assuring him I was okay in this situation and that we were. I didn’t know why I did this, but when his hand moved from his own death grip, I was glad I had.
He rubbed my shoulder after that, as if soothing me, and for a second, I forgot we were in front of his mom and this was awkward as fuck. I forgot we’d argued, and he’d been a bastard once again by dangling Kurt in front of me.
I just… forgot.
“Well, how lucky,” his mom said, and when the line moved, I moved with it. They both did too, of course, going with me. His mom pocketed her hands in her raincoat. “I don’t know if Ares mentioned anything about his stuffy old parents, but I used to work at the university.”
Wolf’s eyes lifted. “Mom…”
“What? I know parents aren’t the hot topic of conversation. Especially in a new relationship.”
God, this sucked. Lying to her, but here we were, right? I smiled. “He hadn’t mentioned, but that’s cool. Were you a professor?”
“Yep, and I come through from time to time. Visiting old work colleagues and…”
“Hovering,” Wolf finished for her, and his mom made a face.
“Checking on my kids because I’m a mom and, when you have children, you’ll understand.”
“Nah, they’ll be out of my house andmy hairas soon as they graduate high school, and that’s a promise.”
His eyes danced at his mother, the guy actually joking and acting nice. Go figure all it’d take was his mom around. He was such a brute I didn’t think he cared about anything outside of himself.
But you know that’s not true.
It’s not considering the labor he’d gone through to make sure this thing we had worked in front of his family.
“You’re lucky your dad and I didn’t feel the same way.” She poked him, making him laugh, and I did too. These two were kind of adorable together. She faced me. “Anyway, I’m sure my son also didn’t mention hishoveringfolks invited you to come down to visit for a weekend.”
He hadn’t, and that was probably for obvious reasons. Faking dating around here was one thing but bringing that home… to his parents. Wolf squeezed my arm. “Ma, we just started dating.”
“But you moved in together,” she said, and though I was shocked he’d told her that, I played it off. “Which means you’re pretty serious, right?”
I kind of loved how this woman didn’t bullshit around things. I admired that since I liked to be straightforward too on my positions, but as I was the central focus of this particular topic, I shifted in my wet sneakers.
Wolf’s jaw clicked. “Mom…”
“I won’t make you answer that. Though, I do want the answer.” She winked at me, and I smiled. “Anyway, I do have to get back on the road, but now that she does know about the invite, maybe I’ll see her around?”
She glanced in my direction, but before I could say anything, Wolf lifted a hand.
