“You keep bringing her up. Are you jealous?”
“No.”
“I can hear a lie.”
Oh, she’d forgotten that part. Crap. She crossed her legs under the table. “I’m curious about her.”
“She’s paired to the Second of our Pack. Nory is the other female. She’s human and paired to my Alpha.”
“High ranking females.”
“Yep. Actually,” he tilted his head to the side. “You would probably get along with them. They’re annoying like you.”
“I am not annoying.”
“All females are.”
“What have I done or said that was annoying tonight?”
“You exist in that outfit, and I know for a fact that I can’t take you in the bathroom and fuck you in one of the stalls.”
All intelligent thought left her body, and the shot of whisky suddenly hit her, bringing on a nice, warm buzz.
“Why…why not?”
“Because you are human.”
“Nory is human. You said so.”
“Are you advocating for me to fuck you in a bathroom stall right now?” he asked.
“No. No, I’m just asking where your head is at with all of this.”
“It’s in the same place it has always been. You are interesting, and fun to talk to, and a distraction from the running commentary always happening in my head. You’re fun to look at. You’re fun to banter with, but the facts remain the same. You and I are not a match and can never be.”
“But my parents matched.”
Dodger stared unblinking at her for ten seconds before he leaned forward and told her, “If I was Alpha of a Pack, I would never leave it for a woman. I would never leave it for you.”
And she could see the honesty in his eyes. Right.
She inhaled deeply and leaned back for Byron to set her salad in front of her.
“Plus you do things like order a salad at dinner with a werewolf and then have the audacity to order no protein, extra veggies.”
“I had a big lunch.”
“Of broccoli?” he guessed as he cut into his steak.
“No, I had a double hamburger. You were being nice for a minute. Can we go back to that? This is irritating and I know what you are doing.”
“What am I doing?” he asked coolly.
“Distancing.”
“You should be doing that too.”
“Then why did you come here tonight?” she asked. “Why did you show up and carry me across the ice and tell me I look nice in my outfit and mention fucking me in a bathroom stall. What are we doing here?”
