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“Max?”
“Nemo.”
“Does that mean I can call you my boyfriend?”
“I’ll be pissed off if you don’t.”
He rolled his eyes.
“Do you want to call me that?” I asked, heart flipping.
He nodded once.
Wrapping my hand around the back of his head, I pressed a kiss to his forehead. “Boyfriend it is.”
“Can I call you Maxi?”
Now he was just trying to see what he could get away with. “No.”
“Please?”
“No.”
“But I like it.”
“Absolutely not.”
“But I let you call me Nemo.”
It was cute he thought he let me. I noticed him glaring and sighed. “You’re my little fish.”
“Well, you’re a grumpy asshole, but I thought Maxi sounded nicer.”
I threw back my head and laughed. He seemed to think my laughter meant yes.
I shook my head. “No.”
He snarled at me. I kissed him again.
“Get a room!” someone yelled.
We broke apart to see Jamie and Ryan coming toward us.
“If you wanted to eat each other for breakfast, you should have stayed home,” Jamie said when they were close.
“I guess we don’t have to ask if what Win just told the table is true,” Ryan added.
I tensed. “Win told you about us?” Immediately, I glanced at Wes, trying to gauge his reaction.
Even if I did feel saltier than a salt truck in winter about Wes possibly not wanting to let people know all about his dating status, I would still respect it. Hell, I understood it too. He’d been through so much shit. The last thing I wanted to do was push him. Rationally, I understood it had nothing to do with me.
Deep down, though? Old insecurities of being unwanted, unloved, and a disappointment tried to steal my rationale.
Wes said nothing for long, silent seconds, and anger at Win built within me.
“I’ll go talk to him,” I said, pulling my hand from Wes’s.
“No,” he said, calm and sure.
