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purpose narrowed. Leaning forward, he made a show of looking at both sides of her neck.
    She jerked back and cocked an eyebrow in response. “What are you doing?”
    “Trying to figure out where you got your sudden change of heart. Nope. I didn’t bite you.” She rolled her eyes. “Biting me wouldn’t have guaranteed that I’d go home with you.”
    “I know that.” He nodded. “Glad you figured it out.”
    Anger sparked in her eyes and she scraped her chair back, lunged out of it, and paced across the deck. She stalked back toward him, glaring at him as he rose to meet her. “What are you doing? Do you want me to come home, or not?”
    He lifted one hand to cup the side of her face, his knuckles tracing the line of her cheekbone.
    Then his hand slid down over her jaw, under her chin, and came to rest on the hollow between her neck and shoulder. Her pulse pounded and he rested the tip of his thumb over it, counting the beats.
    “You know I do. There’s something else you have to ask for first, though. You’re skipping steps here, baby.”
    With a gasp, she jerked back, but he stopped her retreat with a quick arm around her waist. She glared at him and he smiled at her, hope a living thing inside his chest.
    “I love you, Chloe.”
    She stopped struggling and stared up at him as if he’d lost his mind. He sighed. That was not exactly the reaction he was going for.
    “I do want you to come home with me, Chloe, and Jackson gave me another week to convince you.” He paused, his voice turning gruff with heat and need. “But when I take you home, it will be as my mate. And you haven’t made that choice yet, have you?”
    “You actually expect me to ask you to bite me?” Her eyes widened. Disbelief and anger were heavy in her voice. “Are you crazy? Maybe this was a bad idea.”
    “No. Actually, I think it’s the perfect way to go.” He laughed. “That way, I never have to worry about your staying with me because of the bond, and you’ll always have to admit you picked me.”
    “No way,” she answered.
    He stared down at her, wondering if he’d misread her, if she really didn’t care about him as much as he believed. “Then tell me why.”
    Her brows drew together in confusion. “Why what?”
    “Why you decided to come home with me. Without the bond. With our history…it just can’t happen. I would never feel like you were safe and that would make me very dangerous, Chloe.” Her jaw tightened. “I didn’t expect to go without your biting me. I just didn’t think I’d have to ask.”
    Well, at least she’d given him half an answer.
    “And you’ve decided you can live with that? I need to know why.” Damn his pride. Did he really want her to answer that? What if he was wrong?
    “Oh, well,” she answered airily. “I love you. I wouldn’t agree to go anywhere with you if I didn’
    t.”
    His heart soared and his arm tightened possessively around her waist. He felt his incisors lengthen and knowing the time to tie her to him was finally near, he didn’t fight it. Leaning down, he whispered in her ear.
    “I love you too, Chloe. All you have to do to make it permanent is ask.” His breath feathered over her skin and tiny goose bumps rose in its wake. Her breath caught on a low moan, and his teeth itched.
    “Damn it,” she whispered. “Just get it over with Billy, okay?” He kissed her on her pulse point, sucking at her skin lightly enough not to mark her. Her pulse raced in response. Then he slid his free hand down her side to cup the full weight of her breast. Her responding moan was loud in the morning air, and he shoved the edge of the shirt up to explore her curves unhindered.
    “Two little words, Chloe,” he said in a low voice.
    He picked her up and turned to set her on the porch railing, pulling the shirt over her head and leaving her breasts exposed at eye level. His cock throbbed and his inner wolf demanded he claim her now, mark her here.
    “What’s it going to be,