Hunter hadn't even called her or asked how she was. He wasn't her mate. He was just another wolf in her life. Goddess, she wasn't even in her life. She was just... there.
Good heavens! She was acting like a schoolgirl who'd just discovered at recess that a boy liked her. Instead, she was a thirty-something virgin who'd finally come face to face with her partner and left before he could.
She could still feel the warmth of his hands on her arms, the firmness of his chest against her body as he caught her. Her face flushed as she remembered why he'd caught her. Of course, she'd tripped like an i***t and had to beg the Alpha, big and wicked, to catch her and save her from the evil ground.
She was surprised that she hadn't fainted and clutched her pearls when she saw him.
Goddess, she didn'
