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He walked over and leaned in close, looking at my eyes. His breath was warm and smelled good, like cinnamon and home. My heart skipped a beat as he grabbed my hand and inspected my fingernails. My wolf ached for him to touch me and now that he did, I didn’t know what to do. My wolf wanted more, but I was trying to pump the brakes.

“What are you doing?” I asked dumbfounded.

Gavin gave me a sexy smile. “You’re a nail biter, with incredible blue eyes, a fierce personality, and you chew on your bottom lip when you’re nervous.”

I smiled huge and it turned into a laugh.

“And you have an amazing laugh.” He tucked a chunk of hair behind my ear. “You see, I’m just trying to get to know the beautiful girl I’ve been dreaming about for months.”

My breath caught. “The dreams … you saw me?”

He nodded. “Every time, every dream.”

The heat suddenly flushed through my body making my gasp. My wolf couldn’t take the distance any longer and suddenly I was pressed up against his tight muscular body.

“My wolf. She … I …” I didn’t know what to say. I wasn’t normally this forward, but this was mymateand my wolf wanted to put her scent all over him. Suddenly, I thought of the girl he was with at the bar and I forced myself to back up a few inches. His face fell as if he was anticipating something more. Dammit.

“Tomatoes,” I blurted.

“What?” His dark hair shook as he snapped out of whatever trance I had put him in.

“I hate tomatoes,” I offered and he smiled.

“Me too, but ketchup is fine.” His mannerisms were casual, but I was noticing every flex of his biceps. God, someone get this boy a shirt before I claim him right here with my mother and Alpha father in the house.

I nodded. “Obviously, but ketchup isn’t as good as ranch.”

His smile was so wide now I saw that the dimple on his right cheek was more indented than the left. “I guess we are mates, if you rank ranch above ketchup,” he told me, giving me a hooded gaze.

I smiled, eyeing his lips. “That’s it then. Definitely mates.”

‘His grandfather wants to see him when you guys are done making out,’Jaxon told me and I groaned, blushing.

Gavin furrowed his brow. “What’s wrong?”

“My twin brother and I can talk into each other’s minds like an Alpha can with his pack mates.”

Gavin looked impressed. “Cool.”

“Your grandfather wants to see you,” I added.

He cleared his throat. “Right, that. Yeah. Let’s go.”

My wolf rose up then and I knew my eyes were yellow. “Is she your girlfriend?”

Shit! What? No! WTF. I did not mean to say that out loud. My wolf was at the wheel of this crazy train and now I wanted to die of embarrassment. He looked confused and then something dawned on him.

He chuckled. “Becky? The blonde from the bar?”

I had trouble suppressing the slight growl that came to my throat. I could only nod, afraid of what other damage my wolf would do.

He smiled. “She’s an ex-girlfriend who can’t let it go.”

Relief crashed over me, but I tried not to show it. As he passed by me to make a move toward the house, he leaned in to whisper in my ear. “She’s got nothing on you.”

My belly heated and it took every ounce of my self-control not to push him to the ground.

Game on.