“
Oh, come on. You know damn well he isn’t going to reject you.”
“You do know they’re meeting”—I made a show of looking at my watch—“right now, as a matter of fact. And no, I don’t know he won’t. Heller rejected you.”
“Heller….” Lawson stared into his cup. “That was a special case. There are things I can’t go into because it’s not my story to tell, but trust me, Heller had his reasons. Besides, Remi’s—”
“Stable? Unlike Heller?” I interjected. Okay, I couldn’t resist. That’s what Lawson got for leaving me such an opening. The sex must have fried his brain. Lucky bastard.
“Oh, aren’t you a funny guy. I was going to say ‘less traumatized,’ smartass.”
Suddenly I didn’t feel like joking around anymore. “What if they won’t accept me? They all know I’m stronger than their Alpha. If they refuse me, then—”
“Then they lose me, and through me, Heller.” Lawson reached out and clasped my hand. “We stand with you.”
“Are you insane?” I reared back, shocked. I couldn’t believe my ears. We were close, but this…. I never thought he’d do this. “You can’t expect Heller to give up all he’s known because you’ve got a wild hair up your ass about me.”
Lawson narrowed his eyes. “Want to bet? Do you think I’d throw this out there if we hadn’t talked about it? Come on, you know me better than that.”
“You’re nuts. Completely nuts.
”
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M.A. Church (It Takes Two to Tango (Fur, Fangs, and Felines #3))