Mated to the Wilde Bear

Chapter 19: Laurel

“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.

your car. Or tell people why you got kicked out of your

moved in with a houseful of shifters would be the lesser of two evils. She sighed and kneaded her temple,

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.

brow rose. “Didn’t we

undoubtedly melted countless panties.

chose me and followed it up with informing me 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

he grumbled. The air in the cab thickened and she wondered if he was angry with her or himself. His voice rose as he added, “It came out wrong, all

sorry, why are

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 to

arms around his neck. “Nah. I only like it

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