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breakfast?” Deb took a danish for herself and studied her friend. When Quinn had called her earlier, he hadn’t volunteered why he wanted to make sure Paige ate breakfast. Deb had assumed it was because he’d been an ass. Most women didn’t go off their food if the man in their life was behaving like Mr. Wonderful. She’d known from the start that Paige was Quinn’s mate. Just as she knew her twin brothers were on the verge of finding theirs.
    Paige leaned back in her c hair continuing to eat her pastry and sip her coffee. It wasn’t as good as the pancakes Quinn had made her, but it was pretty close. Especially since he’d obviously called Deb to make sure she had something to eat this morning.
    “Yes, it was a fight. Your brother is a jackass.”
    “Now, don’t go insulting the family tree, Paige,” Deb giggled. Paige joined in, feeling better with each passing moment. Yeah, the big lug was a jackass. But he was her jackass.
    “W hat put that blush on your face just now?”
    Paige snorted coffee out of her nose and had to jerk a Kleenex from the box on her desk. “Deb!”
    She shifted in her seat , her body aching from Quinn’s possession. It had been—well, it was an experience she was looking forward to repeating.
    “ Oooo, girl, you finally—”
    “De borah Blackwood Clark, do not finish that sentence.”
    The beautiful bear shifter threw back her head and laughed, drawing the attention of the occupants of the surrounding cubicles. Their co-workers usually didn’t pay them that much attention. Paige and Deb were forever laughing and giggling before work and during lunch. Today they were being a little more rambunctious than normal.
    “Well, I guess it’s official than.”
    Paige’ s eyes narrowed. “What’s official?”
    Deb th rew her coffee cup in the trash. “You’re mated to a bear.”
    “Did I ever tell you what happened on my second date with Jason?” Jason was Deb’s big Kodiak bear mate. He was a silent man, almost the complete opposite of his wife, who never seemed to enjoy a moment of silence.
    Paige wiped her mouth and tossed her napkin and cup into the same garbage can Deb had used. “I think I can guess.” She knew her face had turned a fiery red minutes before and the heat had not subsided.
    Debbie sighed, looking dreamily into the space. “Maybe I should drop the kids off at Mom’s after work and get me some big, bear nooky.”
    Paige shook her head. “I thought we were going to talk about my problem.”
    She didn’t know if she should be delighted that she had boyfriend problems to talk about or sad because she had boyfriend problems to talk about.
    “You don’t have a problem, sweetheart. You have a bear.”
    “What’s that supposed to mean?” She knew she might be in over her head, but there was no way she was giving up her bear. No way whatsoever. They would work this out somehow. Even if she had to hit him up the side of his stubborn head with an iron skillet.
    “Y ou do realize that the incident with the jackal has put Quinn’s protective instincts into overdrive. This shouldn’t have happened until you got pregnant. I’m surprised he’s even allowing you stay in your house, even with him in it.”
    “ Deb.” She looked at her best friend with a frown. Where was the independent woman she’d so come to admire? Two months earlier, Quinn and his twin brothers, Ryan and Ryland, had discovered a jackal shifter sabotaging the brothers’ construction site. Backed into a corner, the shifter had threatened Paige’s life. She knew the thought of the shifter harming her had enraged her bear. She wouldn’t have minded kicking the jackal’s ass either. Not only had he scared the crap out of her when he’d held her hostage, the threat against her life had ramped up Quinn’s protective instincts to an almost smothering level.
    She had to make him realize he couldn’t protect her twenty-four hours a day
    “I’m just saying.” She gave a secret little smile