“A better person might’ve.”
A laugh comes straight from his belly, bubbling over and filling the inside of the truck. It puts me at ease. “Have you sent anything to your exes?”
“No, they’re assholes.”
This makes him laugh harder. “I was beginning to wonder who else I had to compete with.”
“Well, yes. Clearly, all my exes are lining up to date me again, damaged and all.”
The truck’s cab goes silent, and I peer over to find his jaw twitching. “You need to stop putting yourself down. The scars don’t change who you are. Plus, you pulled a pro football player, so kudos to you.”
He hides a chuckle when I swat his arm. “You are so full of yourself.”
“I’m letting you see your real worth. I’ll have you know, I literally had a hundred girls apply for my dating show. And those were just locals. Imagine if we opened it up nationwide.”
I shake my head, smiling, and he peers over, giving me another wink. I don’t even know what to do with him. At least I’m laughing instead of thinking about my skin that might never be right again.
They say laughter is the best medicine, but maybe mine is Levi Soucy.
“Moving on… How often do you call your mom?”
“Once a week.”
I make a shocked sound of approval. Sometimes I don’t even live up to that.
“You doubted me? I’m from Georgia. We call our mamas.”
“And you went to college in Alabama?”
“Rollllll tide.”
“I looked up your stats. Impressive. I think, anyway.”
“Well, I wouldn’t be a Wildcat if they weren’t.”
“What do you think is better, roll tide or the Wildcat snarl?”
Levi peeks over, eyes wide. “No, you can’t do that to me.”
“What?”
“Make me choose!”
Okay, now this is fun. “You’re telling me if you were being dangled over a cliff with the threat of dropping you if you refuse to answer, you still wouldn’t answer?”
He wipes his forehead like he’s gone into a sweat.
“Levi!”
“What? This is serious. It’s Bama we’re talking about here.”
“Okay, but it’s just me asking. Little old me. I’m not going to blast your answer to the world.”
“If you tell my teammates, I will never hear the end of it.” He pauses. “Roll tide.”
My mouth drops open in shock.
“See! I knew I shouldn’t have said it.”
