Tangled

Chapter 310

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310 Lisa: Humans Have Pheromones?

LISA

Kellan's stare leaves me unsettled. It's been intense ever since our reunion.

I'm grateful for the space he's given me-this whole fated mate business is like being slammed into by a rogue freight train-but there's a whole lot of little things that keep throwing his feelings into the foreground, making it impossible to ignore. Like how he touches me a little too often.

How he watches my every move.

He hasn't kissed me again, but it doesn't make the current situation any less awkward.

"Can't sleep?" he asks, as if us sharing a bed and him lying on his side to stare at me for the past hour is somehow conducive to falling asleep.

"Nope." The word pops out with a little more sass than I intend, but damn it, does he have to

stare at me like that?

"Oh."

And awkward silence again.

"So, why couldn't I just bunk with Dr. Blackwell?" My question breaks the uneasy tension

between us.

"They don't have an extra bed," he explains easily.

"And no empty beds anywhere else? At all? Just-none?"

"None."

"No sleeping bags?"

"No."

"Extra blanket?"

"Not even one of those."

He's lying through his damn perfect teeth.

"You have a couch," I point out. I saw it. I know it's there.

"People come in and out at all times of day. It isn't the safest place to sleep. Better to be in bed."

glance in his direction again, only to be caught by his unblinking gray eyes. "You could sleep on the couch," I point

"I don't want to."

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an inane sort of sound and watch the ceiling in

like that he's

Ava and Lucas

I'm sure they are.

huskiness of his voice

Bad! He thinks you're his mate and he's being

subject from the tension simmering between us. "It's only

intense gaze softening slightly. "Absolutely. Ava and Lucas need to be around each other as much as possible for the next

piques, momentarily overriding my discomfort.

requires proximity," he explains, his voice taking on a lecturer's tone. "Especially in the beginning stages. It's like... imagine a sapling that's just been planted. It needs constant care, water, and sunlight to

confirms. "Their bond will demand that time together. She'll feel wrong and anxious

reasons this whole mate thing is kind of bullshit. It's a lot less romantic when you suddenly get slapped with the label yourself

more... contemplative. I find myself studying Kellan's face

you something?" I

"Anything," he replies immediately.

I mean, with us? With this whole... mate

still. It's like he isn't even breathing,

up

you, Lisa. I know this is a lot to take in, and I don't expect you to just fall into my arms and live

I don't want this? The mate

He's quiet again.

me, are you? Drag me into your

he responds, "Of course

out a sigh of relief, my body relaxing into the mattress. The tension that had

Lisa. Humans

eyes widen as I realize how my words must have sounded. "No! I mean, I don't-" I stumble over my words, trying to backpedal. How do I explain that it's not him specifically, but this whole situation that has

his broad shoulders slumping slightly. "Look, Lisa, I know you're an independent soul. The last thing I want to

back in. "So... does that mean you are going to do it and you're

you. Never." His gray eyes lock onto mine, intense and sincere in the dim

voice sends a shiver down my spine. I believe him, I realize. Despite everything-the chaos of the past few days, the whole mate situation being dropped on me

one elbow. The movement causes the blanket to slip further down his chest. He doesn't have a shirt on, which is far too enticing for a woman like me. Especially when I'm trying so hard to not fall into his arms. "I know this is a lot to

you need."

ask you something

"Of course."

as well ask all the questions we humans want to know.

is more than just physical attraction, though that's certainly part of it. It's a deep, instinctual connection. Like finding a missing piece of yourself you didn't even

gone."

send a flutter through my stomach. It sounds romantic, sure,

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