“You can stay with me,” Xavier said.
Her eyes whipped to his, but she couldn’t detect a trace of teasing in him.
“Seriously?” she asked, and he nodded. “No, that’s a bad idea. Very bad. I can’t just move in with you. We had one date, Xavier. And it ended pretty awful.”
“I don’t mean with me,” he said. “I mean at the Lodge with me and the crew. We have an empty room you can use until you figure things out.”
“Oh.” Disappointment pricked at her chest. Of course, that’s what he’d meant.
“But if you wanted to stay with me, I wouldn’t stop you,” he added.
Again, panicked desire had her staring back at him with rounded eyes. “I can’t keep hiding my animal from DOT if I’m openly living with a bunch of shifters,” she said.
kicked out of your apartment.
her lip, thinking it over, and realized she had no choice. Explaining to people that she’d moved in with a
“I want to say sorry for last night. We had a great time and then I really fucked it up there at the end. I didn’t mean to make it sound like it didn’t mean anything to me. I think we should
brow rose. “Didn’t we do
that had undoubtedly melted countless
I’d be second-rate to everyone else in the world.” Her temper flooded her all over
The air in the cab thickened and she wondered if he was angry with her
sorry, why are you
just want to kiss you to shut you up. Damn, woman, you’re killing me.” He grabbed her wrist before she could argue and pulled her across the slippery seat and into his lap. His lips curved as he brushed her hair away from her face, his fingertips trailing down her neck. “I’m beginning to think you just like
his neck. “Nah. I only like it
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