"Let me make things clear for the both of us," Darius started off on a serious note. "I want to be honest with you. I never thought I'd see the day where I had a mate or anyone next to me for the rest of my life. Not in a negative way. I just never imagined myself like that." "It shocked me when I met you. It was an unplanned event in life that I wasn't prepared for. For obvious reasons, I didn't see something like that happening to me at all. I was caught off guard; I naturally don't know what or how I am supposed to do things around you. How my life will be impacted after such an important addition to it." "However, not trying at all means being insincere towards you. I am clueless, but I want to try. I don't know anything when it comes to being romantic or treating mates. It was just