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“He did to me,” she admitted, nodding when I did a double take. “I don’t think he fully gets it yet, but he seemed to hear me that he’s way more inept at relationships than he thought. He had a bit too much of stupid bear stuck in his head, and even his relationship with that ex was pretty dysfunctional. There were times they didn’t talk for a few weeks because he was on assignment.”
I snorted. “Yeah, she didn’t actually love him.”
“Something I pointed out.” She let out a slow breath. “He gets he fucked up. He just can’t get over you moved in with Mason.” She waved me off when I went to argue. “We know the truth. From his perspective, he fucked up and you just wrote him off and moved in with Mason. That’s where his anger is coming from.”
“Fuck him,” I grumbled. “Even if that was what happened, I had every fucking right to do that.”
“Which I told him as well. You guys weren’t married. Youbarelywere dating and had one actual date really. He had more misfires than things that went well and he needed to stop glossing over it all.”
I nodded settling with that for a bit. “So where did you leave it?”
“I have no fucking clue,” she admitted. “That’s one stubborn fucking bear.”
Great.
“At least he seemed to accept he fucked up more than he realized and you weren’t playing games.” She shrugged when I shot her an annoyed look. “He’s older than us by a lot. He’s got this idea in his mind—and part of it is being a bear—that women start shit for attention and to be chased. He thought your shit comment about the director was that and then you’re living with Mason.”
“I’m sorry he bugged you, but I don’t want to talk about this anymore. It’s not settled and he’s still being stupid. There’s just no point then.”
She looked like she would disagree with that but left it alone.
I was glad for that at least.
I left her to unpack and went to visit Mudbug, glad he was happy to see me and full of nothing but goodness.
“Dylan came to the club to talk to us,” Evan informed me.
“Wow, he’s making the rounds now that he has easy portal access,” I drawled. I sighed when he gave me a confused look. “I just had the same conversation with Kiera. Let me guess—nothing’s really resolved?”
“That is one stubborn bear,” he grumbled.
I laughed. None of this was really funny, but hearing that was what they both thought after dealing with Dylan made me feel better that it wasn’t me. At least there was that.
I wasn’t sure what else to say or that I wanted to talk about Dylan, so I was glad when my phone vibrated and I had a distraction.
Mason: How about tonight being the night? I have everything planned out if you can make it work?
I stood for some reason, holding Mudbug to me as I reread the text. I realized Evan was asking me what was wrong. “I’m having sex tonight.”
He stared at me for a full minute. “Love, we can have sex whenever you want. You don’t have—”
“No, I mean with Mason. We’re going to have sex tonight. Finally.” I headed for the door but then turned around, trying to hand off Mudbug to him. “I have to go do… I have no idea.”
He grabbed my arms and gave me a soft kiss. “Jasmine, you know how to have sex.”
I huffed at him. “Yes, I know this. I’m damn good at it which you well know.” I winked when he nodded. “We’re… We’ve gone slow. We’re—he’s trying to give me the first time I’ve never had.”
“Okay, well, first, answer the man if today works for you because nothing is worse than waiting.”
“Yeah, I feel the same, and I thought he would do something for Valentine’s Day since this is my first I could have like a relationship. But no one did anything and it kind of hurt.” I winced at blurting that out, Evan being one of the people included in that.
“Kyle and Kiera both told us that they’d rip our heads off if we did anything for the ‘Hallmark holiday Jasmine loathes.’ That’s a direct quote. I wanted to do simple with flowers, but Kiera said she would shove them up my ass after you got flowers from a serial killer.”
“Loveable idiots,” I sighed. “I hated the holiday and mocked it because I couldn’thave it. That’s even obvious and basic psychology to me.”
“You’re right, and we should have checked with you, but you asked us all to not risk rocking the boat basically.”
“Ignoring me on Valentine’s Day seems like it would rock a lot,” I grumbled, but then leaned in and kissed his cheek to take the sting out of my words. “I get it, but then let’s have it next month or something. I was excited to at least get some damn chocolate.”
