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moment, Janos.” Okay, she needed to change clothes and hide the box. “I’m just changing, just a sec.” Grabbing the box, she threw it into the closet even as she pulled out another pair of clothes and stripped quickly.
    Pulling on jeans and a sweater, she went to the door. Opening it, she smiled up at him. “Hey there,” she breathed finally when she tugged it open. “How was your week?” she asked quietly and tugged the door open wider. “Come in, please.”
    Stepping inside, he pushed the door shut and locked it without saying a word. Taking her hand in his, he guided her slowly to the couch. Sitting, he tugged her onto his lap. “What happened?” he asked her as gently as he could. “And don’t try to deny something did. I can smell it on you, Mina. Your scent is off.”
    “It’s nothing really, Janos, nothing that needs to be worried about today.” She smiled and leaned her head down and laid her head on his shoulder. “I would rather not talk about me.” She would start to cry again, and that was just humiliating. “How are the clubs going?”
    “They are fine,” he said as he wrapped his arms around her. “Tell me please, Mina?” he asked softly again. “No lies can be between mates, especially when one of them has a Wolf’s nose that can pick up miniscule changes. So just tell me, Mina. Mates share, mates talk, and mates are there for each other in times of need. Please talk to me, honey,” he whispered against her cheek as he pulled her closer and leaned back. “I’m feeling particularly helpless around you right now, and this is not a feeling I happen to like.”
    She closed her eyes and sighed. “I was let go today.” She whispered quietly, “I was fired, but soon I will find another job.” Well, as long as her bosses didn’t put out the “why” of her termination. “I worked for them for seven years and never took a vacation, so this will be my vacation while I figure out what to do.”
    She had seven weeks of vacation pay due to her. However, after taxes it would be only about three and a half weeks worth of pay, but she could and would make it stretch. “I didn’t want you to know, not because I wanted to lie to you, but because I didn’t want to break the moment of happiness that I had with having you come to see me today.”
    “I’m sorry, Mina,” he murmured softly as he stroked back her hair and pressed a light kiss to her jaw. “But now it’s out there, honey. Better to have the air clear to let you better enjoy the moment. We can recreate the moment at any time, but we need to get everything out there so there’s nothing creating friction.” Leaning his head to the side, he tipped up her chin slightly. “Are you going to tell me why you got fired, or should I guess based on what you’ve told me so far and what you’re going to tell me about the time it may have occurred?” he asked her.
    She flushed as she dropped her gaze to the suddenly too-interesting floor. “It’s not your fault.” It was hers, hers and how her body reacted and how loud she seemed to be with sexual things. “It would have happened no matter what, I think.” It sucked, but there it was.
    “At least this way now I can find another job, one that I will love even more so.” She loved her old job. It was now as if she had lost her whole family. Not her coworkers so much as all of her clients. She had built up a rapport with them that had them sending her birthday and Christmas gifts and her sending those cards for all of the important dates in their lives. She had saved and put away money just to buy stamps, cards, and to always have them ready, and now, well now they weren’t needed.
    “How about you, Janos, how has your week been?” He was far more interesting than her anyway. He was so much more than she could ever be.
    “Long,” he said softly as he felt guilt ripping over him. “I should have warned you more fully about the connection. I’m so sorry, Mina,” he