His gaze traveled over my body, my face, my body again, he did that for a while and I asked, “am I too overdressed?” “No, you look beautiful.” He stood up straight, composing himself, and said, “are you ready to go?” We ended up at some restaurant I’d never been to before, Mason had driven us there, and now we were sitting down it was awkward. He didn’t say much, so I tried. “So do you think Ruby is your true mate?” Yep, that was me, ask the most awkward question during the most awkward times. Mason cleared his throat and looked uncomfortable, but he finally answered, “no, I haven’t figured that out yet.” “You seem to really like her.” He snorted a laugh, “I actually really don’t like her that much.” “Looked like you did.” He narrowed his eyes at me, “you shouldn’t have been watc

