I narrow my eyes and say, “Liar,” before shoving the food into my mouth.
“Okay, maybe…” she says carefully, holding back a laugh.
“It’s okay. You can admit it. I won’t be mad. I know it’s a dumb name.”
“I wouldn’t say dumb…”
“No?”
“No. It’s… interesting. And—”
“Dumb.”
“Earthy.”
I pause, mouth open, food halfway in. I put my fork down. “Like an earthworm?”
She throws her head back and laughs, and I can’t help but smile.
My insides get all warm again, and fuck, I am so in love with this girl. I’m obsessed. Already. Just like that. So fucking simple.
“Like nature,” she finally says. “Rustic.”
“If you say so.”
“I do say so.”
“Then I believe you.” I wink. “But I’m still going with it because Grizzly bears are cool.”
She bites her lip, her eyes bright as she smiles.
I melt like the cheese on this chicken.
Chapter Three
Grizz
“Grizz!”
I hear someone shouting my name from the other room, but I don’t care enough to stop looking at Anastacia.
Maybe I’m still drunk. I did drink a lot today. So much that I don’t remember. So much that I came here to apologize, but I barely did that. I mean, I sort of did, but not really. Honestly, I don’t think Snapper cares either way.
“Fucking hell. I’ve been calling you for five minutes,” Kolton growls from beside me. I look up at him. He scoffs. “Get that fucking look off your face and get into the living room.”
He walks away, and I look back at Anastacia. She’s shaking her head with a smirk. But I don’t find this funny.
“He talk to you like that??” I ask seriously.
Her face changes instantly, her smile dropping. “Never.”
“You sure?”
“Yes,” she says with a firm nod.
Something in her eyes tells me I can believe her.
“I’ll be right back,” I say before I get up and go into the living room. The guy, whose name I still haven’t learned, is on the couch, while Kolton is standing beside it, typing furiously on his phone. He looks up at me when I get closer.
