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looking.”
    “We’re more than just sleeping together.” He took a quick swig of the beer that had turned warm well over twenty minutes ago. Cringing, he slammed it down with more force than necessary.
    “Are you?”
    He glared at his friend. “What the hell’s that supposed to mean?”
    Max shrugged in that maddeningly calm way of his. “Women, regardless of species, like to know they matter for more than just sex.”
    What the fuck? “I don’t need advice from you.” He clenched and unclenched his fists as he stared out at the people gyrating across the dance floor. It didn’t matter that he tried to use the sight of their writhing bodies as a distraction; he could still see Talia moving around behind the bar. And all he wanted to do was go over and talk to her. Apologize for being an ass and make things right between them. But the thought of her rejection pierced him in a way he didn’t fully understand.
    Max snorted then glanced at his watch. “I’m going to send Talia to the cooler to grab a case of beer.”
    Immediately Grant turned. “Get one of the bouncers to do it.” Max might be the manager but Grant owned the place. He didn’t care if it was part of her job description and he didn’t care if it was totally archaic. He just wanted to take care of her. She shouldn’t be lifting heavy shit from the back.
    “If I send her I can have one of the guys cover the bar for a while .” He lifted a dark eyebrow and looked at Grant pointedly.
    Grant kept his face impassive and shrugged even though inside his inner wolf howled in approval. He needed to talk to Talia and if he had to corner her in the cooler to do it, he would. Whatever was going on with them was definitely his fault, but if he could remind her how good things had been between them he had a chance to make it up to her and convince her to give them another shot.
    Somehow he kept his attention away from the bar while Max walked over and inspected the mini coolers beneath it. Even with the noise of the crowd and a loud Garth Brooks song playing in the background he could hear Max ask Talia to head to the cooler in the back.
    The moment he saw her disappear through the swinging doors toward the kitchen, he was off his seat and making a beeline for the back. One of the employees said hi and tried to stop him but he ignored everyone as he shoved through the doors.
    The silver cooler door was slightly propped open so he slipped inside and silently pulled it shut behind him. For a moment all he could do was stare at Talia’s beautiful round ass as she bent over. She wore black, body-hugging pants and a skintight black tank top tonight. Her long midnight hair was tied in a ponytail that fell down her back in a soft, shiny waterfall that almost touched her ass.
    She grunted as she started to pull out one of the cases on the bottom shelf and he couldn’t help it.
    He groaned.
    Immediately she swiveled and stood up. Her green eyes briefly flashed with lust before she masked it. Well, her face became a mask, but the sweet scent of desire she emanated wrapped around him like a soft caress. “What are you going in here?” Her voice was a husky whisper.
    Despite the heat and need racing through him, he casually leaned against one of the metal shelves lining the enclosed space. “I wanted to see you.”
    “Oh.” She bit her bottom lip and compared to this morning, she seemed almost nervous.
    “Remember our first kiss?” He dropped his own voice a couple octaves.
    Nodding slowly, she wrapped her arms around herself as her cheeks tinged bright pink.
    Their first kiss had been in this cooler of all places. After dancing around their attraction to each other for almost a full year he’d decided to stake his claim on her. She’d been getting something from the back and he’d come in here under the guise of doing the same. He still wasn’t sure who’d made the first move. One instant she’d been staring at him with those big green eyes and for the