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    He dragged a hand down his face and slid behind the wheel, refusing to look at her. He still didn’t know what the hell was happening to him every time he touched her, and he wasn’t in a hurry for her to see the truths inside of him—he wanted her and had a caveman urge to possess her.
    His jaw clenched. Because that had worked out so well for his parents.
    He refused to say anything else as he pulled out into traffic and headed for his aunt’s house. If she wanted to talk, fine, but he was keeping his damn mouth shut or he was going to end up deeper in a hole he hadn’t meant to dig in the first place.
    Then the words came out anyway, and he gave himself up as an idiot. He’d lost all self-control where this woman was concerned. “Out of curiosity, why would we be a bad idea?” He waited a beat for her to answer, and when she didn’t, he shot an annoyed glance toward her side of the vehicle, letting out a low curse when he saw her white-knuckling the door handle. “We aren’t going fast enough for either of us to be hurt if I crash, Katenia. You’re going to break your fingers if you don’t loosen your grip.”
    She let out a pathetic snort, her wide eyes darting everywhere, as if she were trying to take in everything all at once. “You say that like I have any reason to believe you. Fairies are not meant to go this fast. Look at all these vehicles.” A strangled sound escaped her when she paused to swallow. “How can this possibly be safe?”
    “Airbags.” He tapped the steering wheel and pointed toward the dashboard in front of her. “And seat belts.” He reached over to tug hers on, pissed he’d been so distracted he’d forgotten to belt her in before he closed the door. When his fingers brushed over ample breasts, the tension in the enclosed space ratcheted up a few hundred degrees. His cock went hard, her nipples stiffened, and he was sure for a second she’d stopped breathing.
    Clicking the belt into place, he yanked his hand away, and wrapped them both around the wheel. “Damn it. This has to stop.”
    To his utter surprise, she shifted in her seat to look at him. “Why does it have to stop? Sex is natural for humans, right?”
    Grateful for the red light, he pulled the car to a stop and dropped his head against the seat. He closed his eyes and thought about math. Complex problems. When that didn’t help, he thought about football. The mountain of paperwork on his desk. Cleaning out his refrigerator. Anything to distract him from his hard-on, but it did no good. The woman not only breathed sex, she thought it was a good idea. There wasn’t a diversion big enough to keep him from thinking about how good she’d feel screaming in bed beneath him.
    “Nathan? Are you alright? You look like you’re contemplating ways to kill me.”
    He opened his eyes and glared at her, even as he let out a shuddering laugh. “No, Katenia,” he gritted out through clenched teeth. “Killing you is not what is on my mind. I thought you said we would be a bad idea?”
    “I did,” she said, her beautiful face screwing up in confusion. “Pair-bonding between us would never work. Sex, however…sex is a very good idea.”
    Nathan nodded once, finally understanding. Ignoring the honking of the line of cars behind him, he rolled up one shirtsleeve and pinched his arm.
    “What are you doing?” she asked, her voice worried.
    He barked out a laugh when the pain did nothing to wake him from whatever dream he’d landed in. “Testing myself.”
    “Oh.” She sighed. “I don’t know what that means.”
    “I don’t, either, but considering I am not certifiable enough to have sex with a fairy, the only other logical conclusion is I’m dreaming.”
    “Oh,” she repeated, still sounding confused. “Are you dreaming?”
    He sighed and shook his head, accepting the facts laid out before him. “No. My whole world view has just been altered, but unfortunately, I am not dreaming.”
     

 
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