I left the coffee shop shortly after Cherry. Immediately, I pulled out my phone and called my Beta.
Bert’s upbeat voice was a welcome taste of home, and I felt calmer as I walked down the foreign street. “You seen Cherry yet?” he asked.
“I have,” I answered, awash with heady emotion. “She’s as beautiful as ever.”
“You know it was only two days ago since you saw her last, right?”
“Yes, but she’s majorly jetlagged and still easily the most beautiful woman in any room.”
My Beta laughed indulgently. “How have these compliments not won her round yet?”
“She has a boyfriend, Bert,” I growled out, grinding my teeth. The thought of Cherry with someone else set a furnace roaring through me. The beast within me snarled and threatened to stalk back to her apartment, then carry her off to where no one else but me could find her.
“Oh,” Bert responded. “Yeah, she mentioned there was someone.” I was startled. “And you didn’t tell me?”