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Charlie couldn’t stand the silence any longer. “Are you upset about something?”
    “What do you think?”
    “I’m going to have to say yes.”
    The flush that had started after chugging down the coffee made his entire face a ridiculous cherry set on his shoulders and it continued to flame on high as he shifted in his seat. “Are you staying or going?”
    She pursed her lips. “Staying, for now. Though I don’t really know what to do at this point because I can’t take my job back after giving Conner the promotion. And I have no intention of being a coffee gopher, or to sit around and get paid to merely exist.”
    “Why not?” A flash of humor now as a quick shot of a smile danced across his mouth.
    “Why not get paid to merely exist? Because I have more self respect than that.”
    “Nah, why not get paid to be my coffee gopher? I could give you a uniform and everything.”
    “Screw you, Benji.”
    The tension between them lifted as rapidly as it’d come, but the problem was that Charlie had a feeling that Benji had simply bottled away whatever was wrong with him and slapped on a smile instead.
    “Really though, Charlie, you could totally be a coffee girl…and if you wore a mini-skirt, I bet Parker would tip you his life savings.”
    “Can it, pup, or I’ll smack that smart mouth back into your head.”
    “Oh yeah, I’m terrified of a half-pint security guard. Oh sorry, ex -security guard.”
    Snatching a pillow off the couch, she wound up and let fly and smiled at the satisfying thud that followed.
    “Damn, Charlie, was that really necessary?”
    “Quit pouting and get out of here. I’ve got to get ready for the day and you’ve gotta go rub some of that ugly off yourself.”
    “Baby, you’re just jealous that you’ve got to get ready to be half as pretty as me.”
    “Out. Now,” she barked in an authoritative voice and Benji bounded out the door.
    Chuckling, a smile dancing across her face, Charlie began to tidy up the couch and coffee mugs. That had gone better than expected. He hadn’t blown up about her running with Zane and he hadn’t made her explain why she’d wanted to leave, or what Zane had said to convince her to stay. Though she was going to have to figure that one out for herself first.
    Why had she chosen to stay?

     

Chapter Four

    Zane woke up alone, sprawled on the hard concrete floor of the stadium under the stands, no longer in wolf form and stiff as a board. He let out a low groan as he stretched, working the kinks from his back slowly, then froze when his arm stretched out and greeted nothing but air.
    He’d fallen asleep cozied up besides Charlie, reveling in the shared warmth of their bodies. He’d tickled her nose with his tail and she’d bitten it, her blue eyes playful. They’d dozed off in the wee hours of the morning. Together. A smile sprang to his face, unbidden, and he let out another groan for good measure.
    Damn it, he was smitten with the woman already, after just a romp. How would he feel after he lured her to his bed for an endless night of passion? Damn good, that’s how he’d feel, and he wasn’t ashamed to admit it. But if he didn’t play his cards right, she’d resist him every step of the way. She was cold steel right now, holding herself rigid against the feelings he knew she had for him, deep down. She just needed warmed up, softened a little.
    He knew nothing about this sort of thing, honestly. He’d always had women fawning over him left and right—he’d never had to actually work at a relationship before. But the other girls had meant nothing. They’d been fun for a night or two, and then he’d lost interest. He’d only ever slept with one wolf outside his pack. The rest had been human and hadn’t interested his beast in the least little bit.
    Charlie did. She’d called to him by just existing. She always had, for as long as he’d known her. Every time their eyes met, he felt it, a shared bond between them. A tickle in his