“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.
can’t exactly sleep in your car. Or tell people why you got kicked out of your apartment. This
had no choice. Explaining to people that she’d moved in with a houseful of shifters would be the lesser of two evils. She sighed and
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.
“Didn’t we
flashed a smile that had undoubtedly melted countless panties. “Third
that being chosen meant I’d be second-rate to everyone else in the world.” Her temper flooded her all over again as she spit his words back at him. “That I’d never be first for you in case it meant someone
wondered if he was angry with her or himself. His voice rose as he added, “It came out
you’re so sorry, why are
before she could argue and pulled her across the slippery seat and into his lap. His lips curved as he
shivered and wrapped her arms around his neck.
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