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asked.
    The serious look on her face caught him by surprise and nearly knocked him on his ass.
    “What do you mean, why?”
    “I mean, why did you miss me? What do you want? I’m running late.”
    She started walking toward the door again.
    “Hold on a minute,” he said, grabbing her shoulder and forcing her to stop again. “Gabe’s not going to mind if you’re a few minutes late, and you know it. What’s going on?”
    “What do you mean?” she asked, checking the time on her phone.
    He understood she might still be angry, but her avoidance was starting to piss him off.
    “I’m trying to talk to you, and you’re trying to get away from me. Why?”
    “Look, I know you mean well,” she said, “but this isn’t necessary. I’m fine. You don’t owe me anything and I don’t want to pretend to be friends. We’re co-workers and nothing more. Trust me, I get it and there’s no reason to discuss it further. Good luck, tonight.”
    She slipped out of his grasp and continued on her mission, but he was hot on her heels. When she placed her hand on the door handle to pull it open, he stepped behind her and covered it with his own. He wrapped one arm around her waist and pulled her flush with his body.
    His dick hardened at the contact, but he didn’t try to fight it. She tried to push his forearm off her middle with the fingers of her free hand, but he pulled both of their hands off the door and crossed them over her body. He pinned her free arm to her side with their linked fingers, stopping her escape efforts. He’d effectively captured her in his embrace, and though she didn’t struggle, he heard the barely audible whimper she tried to hide before demanding release.
    “Let. Me. Go.”
    “Not until you tell me why you’re giving me the brush off,” he said, tightening his grip around her.
    “You can’t have your cake and eat it too,” she spat. “You wanted a break and you got one. Now you’re free to fuck anyone you want to, except me. I don’t do exes. Now, let me go and leave me alone.”
    She started to struggle and when he didn’t relent, she stepped on his foot and kicked him in the knee. He growled in pain, and but he didn’t release her. When she moved to kick him again, he leaned back, taking her with him, and her swinging legs met with air.
    “Damnit, woman!” he growled. “Stop trying to kick me.”
    “Everything okay out here?”
    They both froze, and he looked up to see Gabe holding the door open and glaring at him.
    “Yes.”
    “No.”
    They both replied at the same time.
    “Well, which is it?” Gabe asked. “Izzy?”
    “We’re fine,” she sighed. “I was just reminding Lucky here that we’re over.”
    “The hell we are!” he roared.
    “Talk about it later,” Gabe scolded. “I need someone behind the bar.”
    The man left them alone again and went back inside the building. He loosened his hold around her waist, and she quickly escaped his reach and advanced toward the door. He might not be able to touch her, but he would clear up their little misunderstanding.
    “Look at me Belle,” he commanded. She followed his orders easily, and his cock hardened further. “I said we needed a break, not a break-up.”
    “Same difference,” she said, pulling the door open.
    “No, it isn’t. This conversation is not over.”
    “Yeah, it is.”
    She disappeared into the building and he stood there, staring at the closed door. The finality and sadness in her parting words nearly tore him apart and he desperately wanted to chase after her, haul her away, and keep her captive until she believed all of his promises.
    Work came first, but later, when he walked her to her truck, all bets were off. Before morning, Belle would learn exactly what it meant to be thoroughly loved and wooed by her mate.

Chapter Five
     
    Finn escorted another man out the back door and cursed when he exited the short hallway and reentered the main part of the bar. Gabe was warning another patron to keep