“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.
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
it up there at
rose. “Didn’t
a smile that had 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
you did, I guess,” he grumbled. The air in the cab thickened and she wondered if he was angry with her or himself. His voice rose
sorry, why
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
arms around his neck. “Nah. I only like it
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