Tatiana focused mightily to look Maddox in the eyes, but it was difficult because he was wearing only swim trunks and his glorious body was on full display.
Why was he standing in the middle of the room without saying anything? He was looking left and right, like those medical machines and the view outside the window were more interesting than she was.
He was her mate, damnit! Shouldn't he be all over her?
Was he ignoring her on purpose?
To make things worse, the whole room smelled of delicious coffee and she really wanted some.
Tatiana knew that those were the urges fueled by her wolf side.
Tatiana lived among humans, and she learned to suppress her animalistic urges in order to blend it. It came in handy to appear human in order to deal with customers and models without snapping someone's neck, but this was different.