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disappointed look at Broden and with his heart breaking, Carey turned to leave.
    Two steps later, Broden grabbed him and spun him back around.
    “Don’t leave, babe. I didn’t mean for it to sound like that. I just want to know you better before I make any permanent decisions. I told Isaac you were mine and I was going to keep you, human or not, but I do have to make sure you’ll settle well with the pack. Is it too much to ask to give us some time?” Broden’s pleading look twisted Carey into knots.
    “I like you, too, but I’m not a consolation prize. If you can’t accept me as a human, we’re done.” Carey was at a loss. He really liked Broden and even though he didn’t really want to be Broden’s mate at this time in his life, he couldn’t make himself let the man go completely. He had a feeling that if he quit seeing Broden, he would regret it for the rest of his life.
    “Like I said, I want to date you. Take you out somewhere, not my apartment or a bar, and get to know each other.” Broden leaned closer and sniffed at Carey’s neck.
    Carey laughed. Broden’s breath across his neck tickled. “If you want, I can strip down and you can sniff me all over,” Carey offered. He winced after he spoke. Eaton always told him he didn’t need to say everything he thought. Harris claimed Carey had a defective brain-to-mouth filter. Carey suspected a person had to have one to start out with in order to break it. His daddy wasn’t the only reason Carey had to learn to hold his own in a fight.
    Broden’s mouth quirked at the edges. “I’ll restrain myself.”
    Despite his words, Broden shoved Carey’s shirt off Carey’s right shoulder a little to access the bite. Broden lapped at the mark he'd left, healing the open wound. “Sorry I didn’t heal this for you. I got carried away, and you left before I remembered.”
    “It hurts like a bitch. I almost asked Eaton to fix it, but that would have been too weird,” Carey explained. He’d never been romantically attached to any of his roommates — they were like brothers to him.
    A low growl vibrated Broden’s body against him. “I don’t know who Eaton is, but he better keep his mouth to himself.”
    The he-man act never appealed to him before. Why did Broden’s possessive tone make Carey shiver with desire? Something about this cat shifter had Carey reacting like he never had before. Maybe there really was some sort of cosmic-mate-matching service and they were the latest pair. Only time would tell if this would work out.
    Carey raised an eyebrow at him. “I didn’t agree to be exclusive.”
    “Trust me when I say I don’t share. Until we decide what’s between us, I’ll need you to see only me. I’m a jaguar,” Broden said as if that settled the matter.
    “I didn’t think jaguars mated for life,” Carey said.
    “Jaguar cats don’t. Jaguar shifters are like all other shifters—once we find the one we want, we keep them.” Broden’s smile told Carey the man already had plans for keeping Carey.
    “I’m not dating anyone else at the moment. I’ll agree to be exclusive for now,” Carey caved. He didn’t want to fight, not when his entire goal was to get back into Broden’s bed.
    “Thank you. Let me know if you change your mind,” Broden said. “So I can hunt down your new lover and convince him of the error of his ways.”
    “I’ll be sure to do that,” Carey said dryly.
     
     

 
     
     
    Chapter Three
     
     
    Broden knew the second Carey exited the elevator and walked onto the third floor. The scent of honey and lemon always followed the man. An odd smell to make him hard and needy, but the results didn’t lie. Since Carey had started to work there a few days ago, Broden had never missed the opportunity to watch the man enter or leave a room. No one looked as good from all angles as Carey.
    Not to mention the man did great work. Three banks now had permanent contracts with them after Carey easily hacked into their accounts to