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Authors: Lauren Dane
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her side of the car. “I know,” he grunted into the receiver and snapped it closed.
He opened the car door and motioned with his head for her to get inside.
“What? Why did you stop?” she asked, confused.
“We’re standing in the open. It was stupid of me to let myself get carried away,” he said as he gently but firmly pushed her inside the car and closed the door behind her.
He walked around to the driver’s side and got in as she sat there, openmouthed at his comments.
Carried away ? He groped her ! He kissed her ! He started it and he refers to that kiss as being carried away? Nina ground her teeth in frustration. She got the out in the open part—that was logical to be worried about—but carried away ? Ugh!
Lex’s nostrils flared. He could scent her anger and her frustration. “What are you mad about now?” he asked, agitation clear in his voice.
She turned on him, her arms crossed tight over her chest. Her eyebrows shot straight up with incredulity, her mouth opened but she closed it again. What on earth could she possibly say to this insufferable jerk? She snorted, turned back around and looked out the window without making a comment.
He tried to get her to speak a few more times but she just acted as if he didn’t even exist—and oh how he hated the silent treatment. He only got it from human women. Well, female humans and his sisters. Other than that, female wolves accepted his dominant nature and didn’t question it. Damn it! All of the beautiful and docile Pack females and his mate is a prickly human? Figured.
“Fine, be that way,” he mumbled and pulled up the drive to the house.
She mimicked him with her head turned, not giving him the satisfaction of getting a rise out of her, and when the car stopped she got out and went to the trunk, waiting for him to unlock it.
He came around and opened it and moved her out of the way with his body. “Don’t be silly. Let me carry the bags.”
She tsked and moved back, motioning toward the car.
He carried the stuff up to her room and put it down. “Look, I’ve offended you somehow and I’m sorry. I thought you wanted me to kiss you. You certainly seemed disappointed when I stopped. After this morning, I thought that we…well that we had some major chemistry and I…”
“I’m not mad about the kiss!” she exploded. “It’s being characterized as a mistake that I have a problem with.”
“What? I never said it was a mistake to kiss you!” He began to stalk toward her and she moved back.
“You said it was stupid!” She squeaked as her back hit the door and she had nowhere left to go to escape him. She could feel the heat radiating from his body, could see the gold ring around the pupil of his eyes, could smell his skin.
“I said it was stupid to let myself get carried away,” he said softly, leaning in and caging her with his body. “I’ve been doing this for a very long time, I made a rookie mistake by forgetting myself in a public place like that. I left us both open to attack. That was stupid. But I lose my head around you. When I touch you, smell you, I forget everything else.”
His voice was so deep and low that the vibration of it slid down her spine and she had to close her eyes against it. “Oh.” Jeez! Could she be any less articulate?
He chuckled and her nipples tightened. “Cade saw us come in. He’s going to come up here and want a report on what happened.” Regret in his face, he took a step back and cleared his throat. He also had to adjust himself—she took him from zero to rock-hard in two seconds.
Nodding, she smoothed down the front of her jeans. She walked around him to deal with the clothes she’d just purchased. He made her feel shell-shocked every time he touched her and then moved away. What was going on? It had to be grief related. That was it, grief related! It was about losing her brother and she was seeking out comfort from a man. That explained it. Satisfied, she nodded her head once
He opened the car door and motioned with his head for her to get inside.
“What? Why did you stop?” she asked, confused.
“We’re standing in the open. It was stupid of me to let myself get carried away,” he said as he gently but firmly pushed her inside the car and closed the door behind her.
He walked around to the driver’s side and got in as she sat there, openmouthed at his comments.
Carried away ? He groped her ! He kissed her ! He started it and he refers to that kiss as being carried away? Nina ground her teeth in frustration. She got the out in the open part—that was logical to be worried about—but carried away ? Ugh!
Lex’s nostrils flared. He could scent her anger and her frustration. “What are you mad about now?” he asked, agitation clear in his voice.
She turned on him, her arms crossed tight over her chest. Her eyebrows shot straight up with incredulity, her mouth opened but she closed it again. What on earth could she possibly say to this insufferable jerk? She snorted, turned back around and looked out the window without making a comment.
He tried to get her to speak a few more times but she just acted as if he didn’t even exist—and oh how he hated the silent treatment. He only got it from human women. Well, female humans and his sisters. Other than that, female wolves accepted his dominant nature and didn’t question it. Damn it! All of the beautiful and docile Pack females and his mate is a prickly human? Figured.
“Fine, be that way,” he mumbled and pulled up the drive to the house.
She mimicked him with her head turned, not giving him the satisfaction of getting a rise out of her, and when the car stopped she got out and went to the trunk, waiting for him to unlock it.
He came around and opened it and moved her out of the way with his body. “Don’t be silly. Let me carry the bags.”
She tsked and moved back, motioning toward the car.
He carried the stuff up to her room and put it down. “Look, I’ve offended you somehow and I’m sorry. I thought you wanted me to kiss you. You certainly seemed disappointed when I stopped. After this morning, I thought that we…well that we had some major chemistry and I…”
“I’m not mad about the kiss!” she exploded. “It’s being characterized as a mistake that I have a problem with.”
“What? I never said it was a mistake to kiss you!” He began to stalk toward her and she moved back.
“You said it was stupid!” She squeaked as her back hit the door and she had nowhere left to go to escape him. She could feel the heat radiating from his body, could see the gold ring around the pupil of his eyes, could smell his skin.
“I said it was stupid to let myself get carried away,” he said softly, leaning in and caging her with his body. “I’ve been doing this for a very long time, I made a rookie mistake by forgetting myself in a public place like that. I left us both open to attack. That was stupid. But I lose my head around you. When I touch you, smell you, I forget everything else.”
His voice was so deep and low that the vibration of it slid down her spine and she had to close her eyes against it. “Oh.” Jeez! Could she be any less articulate?
He chuckled and her nipples tightened. “Cade saw us come in. He’s going to come up here and want a report on what happened.” Regret in his face, he took a step back and cleared his throat. He also had to adjust himself—she took him from zero to rock-hard in two seconds.
Nodding, she smoothed down the front of her jeans. She walked around him to deal with the clothes she’d just purchased. He made her feel shell-shocked every time he touched her and then moved away. What was going on? It had to be grief related. That was it, grief related! It was about losing her brother and she was seeking out comfort from a man. That explained it. Satisfied, she nodded her head once
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