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Does she feel the same kind of friendship with Dean?he thought, bitterly.
Growling in the back of his throat, he told himself, “Knock it off.”
“Micah?” Dean asked.
“I’m here. Just had something in the back of my throat. You guys have fun tonight.”
“I’m going to try,” Dean said.
Micah stared out the window at the mountain. He wasn’t going to deny that the little twinge in his gut was jealousy. He also wasn’t going to admit that it was because he loved Lucy, although he did have feelings for her. Dean was interfering with Micah’s plans on wooing Lucy and trying to convince her that going through the mating ceremony with him was the right choice for the both of them.
He headed out to the mountain for a long run. He was tired, but still restless when he returned to his room. Instead of going out again, though, he decided to stay in.
The football game was merely background noise. He couldn’t help but listen for Lucy and wonder how their date was going.
Checking his watch when he heard her footsteps, Micah noted with satisfaction that it was only eight. She didn’t get off work until six, so that had barely left enough time for them to find someplace to eat, order, and then enjoy their meal.
“Apparently, the date didn’t go as well as Dean had hoped that it would,” Micah said, not bothering to deny the satisfaction that thought brought him.
He had no intention of bothering Lucy tonight. Micah knew her well enough to know that would simply irritate her, and that was the last thing that he wanted. Grabbing another beer, he sat back into the comfortable chair and enjoyed the rest of the football game.
Dean called Micah the next morning and suggested lunch. Micah agreed. He didn’t have anything better to do. Plus, he wanted to hear from Dean’s own mouth about how the date went.
They talked about the football game that was on the night before. Each of them rooted for a different team and Dean’s favorite team won. He rubbed that in.
“I didn’t know you watched the game,” Micah said innocently. “I thought that you were out with Lucy last night.”
“We went out for dinner, but she wanted to go back to her room right after,” Dean said.
“How did things go?”
“They were going great for a while. We hung out just like we normally do. Then, when dinner was over, she said that she was ready to go home. I walked her to her car and hugged her. I tried to kiss her, but she blocked it.”
“Ouch,” Micah said.
“Yeah. She told me that she only loves me as a friend and as nothing more,” Dean said, morosely.
“So, what are you going to do?” Micah asked. “It sounds like you aren’t going to be able to convince her to be with you.”
“I’m not going to give up quite yet. Maybe I’ll invite her out for a nice walk or something and try to tell her exactly what my thoughts are, how I feel about her, and why.”
“You think that will make her change her mind?” Micah asked.
“I don’t know,” Dean said. “But short of kidnapping her, I’m not sure what else to do.”
Dean noticed the look on Micah’s face. He held up his hand and laughed.
“Don’t worry. I’m not that stupid. I know that not only would I have you and the rest of the wolf shifter clan on my ass, but she would find a way to murder me.”
Micah nodded.
“She is a touch cookie. I wouldn’t want to cross her.”
“What about you?”
“I don’t know,” Micah said. “I can’t hang around Ivy Springs much longer. My father already called me, antsy for me to get back. I think that he is tired of going to all those damned meetings himself and wants me to go for him. Trick’s on him – My first act as alpha is going to enact a policy that there is only one meeting that I go to a week. Any other business can be communicated by email.”
“Prepare your email then. It’s going to explode.”
