Mate (Bride, #2)

by Ali Hazelwood

Koen is not hitting on me. He’s not trying to cha-cha real smooth into my life.

“By the way.” It comes out shrill. I don’t care. “I know you have a job and everything. You don’t have to stick around with me all day, if there’s something else you need to be doing.” “The bowling league will wait. We’re going out.” “Where?” “I had an idea.” He dusts hairs off his pecs. I really wouldn’t mind it if he put on some clothes. “Well, Brenna had an idea, but if it works, I’ll pass it off as mine.” “An idea for…?” “Figuring you out.” “I love it when you talk about me like I’m the ultimate escape room. Tell me more.”

“It’s just been a lot. In very little time. I think I’m ready for the musical episode, you know?”

He easily resigned himself to a lifetime without her, but… Simply put, he is unwilling to contemplate a universe in which she no longer exists.