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only for the baby she might carry.
    Idiot! He’s already said he wants you. Forever.
    She turned to face him and caressed his cheek. “Thank you.”
    He kissed her hard. “I should be thanking you. This is the first time in my life I’ve felt complete. I won’t rush you, but I want you to seriously consider being my mate.”
    “I need time, Crimson. We just met, and things are moving way too fast. I never sleep with someone on the first date, and technically, we haven’t even had a date. As incredible as this was, I think I need a few days to process everything.”
    It killed her to say the words, but she knew they were true. Holly had a tendency to get caught up in a man very easily and she always wanted more than they were willing to give. Now she had a man telling he wanted her forever, but he was a complete stranger to her. She didn’t want to push him away, but she worried if she didn’t, then she’d make a decision she might later regret. But if in several days, she still wanted him as much as she did right now, if he still dominated her thoughts and her dreams, then maybe it meant something.
    “I’ll give you whatever time you need,” he said, kissing her softly. “Let me stay long enough to have dinner with you, make sure you’re locked up tight for the night, and then I’ll go. And I won’t return until you call and tell me you want me. And if you don’t call…well, at least I’ll know I gave it my best shot.”
    “If I’m truly your mate, and I decide I don’t want to be with you, what does that mean for you?”
    He looked hesitant to respond.
    “Each shifter only has one destined mate,” he said, “but it’s possible to create a life with someone who isn’t destined to be yours. I could still be happy with someone later on, but it would never be the same as this moment here with you. When I close my eyes at night, it will always be your face that I see. And when I open them in the morning, you’ll always be the one I want to have in my arms.”
    No pressure.
    They got out and dried off, ate a little pizza, then she showed him out. He paused on her doorstep and leaned in to kiss her softly one last time. His callused fingers caressed her cheek; he gave her a wink, and then he disappeared into the night. Holly closed the door, slid the chain into place, and then leaned her forehead against the cool surface.
    Crimson packed quite a punch, and she wasn’t sure she could ignore him. She might have sent him away, but there was little doubt in her mind she’d be making a call to him in a few days, asking him to come back.
    Ah hell. I forgot to get his damn number again!
    Well, she knew where the clubhouse was. If she could get a ride there, she could go see him in person, after she was one hundred percent sure he was what she wanted. She was about to turn off the TV and settle down with her laptop when there was a knock at the door. Thinking Crimson must have forgotten something, she undid the chain and opened the door without checking the peephole first. Biggest mistake of her life.
    “Miss me, sugar?” Jeff asked, a smirk on his admittedly handsome face. What the hell had she ever seen in the slime?
    “Not even a little.” She tried to slam the door in his face, but he gripped the edge and shoved it open wider, letting himself into her apartment. He shoved back, knocking her down in the process. Holly glowered up at him and tried to get to her feet, but he shoved her back down again.
    Dread filled her at the thought of what he might have planned for her.
    “Is that any way to treat your long lost boyfriend?”
    “I didn’t lose you. I left on purpose. You were an abusive ass and I knew I could do better than you.”
    He sneered. “You mean like that dumbass biker who just left?”
    So he’d seen Crimson leave her apartment. She wasn’t sure if that was a good thing or not. Why had she sent her bear away? If he was still here with her, there was no way Jeff would have managed to