" Amy smiled in return, "Me too. Would you like to come in?" She asked jokingly. Nick chuckled. "Sure, don't mind if I do." Taking off their jackets, ...my went to sit on the bed and Nick grabbed her chair. They gazed at each other for a few moments, both were silent. There was a kind of tension in the air that was inexplicable to them. They had done this a million times over and yet, it had never even come close.Nick finally broke the silence. "You really are breathtaking tonight, even more so. Most Friday evenings, he backed out of the driveway without a word and returned either Sunday night or Monday morning. We, kids, pretended nothing was happening but Mom often cried silently before the kitchen window as she watched him drive away.He never talked about his past. We knew nothing of his parents, immigration status or how he came to marry Mom, or if, they were legally married. We did know he was born in northern China’s Shandong province, was not Cantonese like most Chinese in the. "Having more mates kind of scares me. Is NeeNee spoken for yet?" No. Your father mentioned an interest in Mena, but not NeeNee. Why do you ask?"I saw Jonab blush. I stared at him, searching for an answer and then he replied."NeeNee and Mena were friends of my mother ... I mean Tola. Just before I became a man, I began to have unclean thoughts about them. I almost considered asking to mate NeeNee when I lost Kuni to Rogar." Well, if she agrees to be your mate, I will make it so," I smiled. "We. She loved him terribly, but there was no way she could face him again. Her embarrassment and shame was too great. And after that horrible letdown, there was no way she could compete with Luke’s desert girlfriend… whomever she was. Phone calls went unreturned, texts were deleted, and she could outwait anyone who dared to ring her doorbell, no matter how many times. Kaylee felt incredibly guilty for leaving Luke on the most important day of his life, but she just couldn’t take it. Luke had.