“Should I ask her?” Gabriel asked as he paced around his office.
“Why are you asking me?” Nate, his best friend, argued right back, a smirk adorning his face.
Gabriel gave him a gaze that clearly said “Help me” but he didn’t dare voice out his plea. He was ashamed enough as it was. Having to fret –pretty much like a nervous inexperienced teenage girl– about what Lisa might say to his offer was one of those embarrassing moments he had only ever heard about.
“Man, you are so whipped!” His friend exclaimed, sounding quite amused.
This time around, Gabriel glared at him. “You’re not helping,” he bit out in a fake angry tone.
“Okay. Okay. Sorry,” Nate held out his hands in a defensive manner, “Look, it’s not like you are going to propose to her. You’re just going to ask her if she’d li
