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“I’m taking tomorrow off, so I can add it to the list and pick one up during the day.”
He finally pulled his eyes off my body and focused on what he was doing.
“Why are you taking the day off?”
“I just found my mate. She only has about four pairs of clothes, remember?”
“Five,” I corrected.
“Five, then.”
“Your mate can buy her own clothes.”
“Of course she can. I’m just doing it for her.”
I sighed. “You’re impossible.”
“So are you, Love.”
“No judging my hideous bangs tomorrow, okay?”
“I’ll be too busy checking out the rest of you to give a damn about your hair. What time do you work tomorrow?”
“I’m supposed to be there three hours from now, so I have to be awake in two hours. Less, actually, since it’ll take a while to walk to the shop from here. Any idea when the food will be done?”
“About five minutes. And you’re not walking to work that early in the morning. I’m driving you. Also, what kind of car do you want?”
“You’re not buying me a damncar,” I growled. I tried to suppress my independence when it was logical, but this wasn’t one of those cases.”
“I work twenty-four hour shifts every third day. You’re not walking to work when I’m gone, so I’m buying you a car. How many days a week do you work?”
“Seven. And this is another one of those conversations where you need to take my opinion into consideration if you want a future with me.” I gestured between us, even though he wasn’t looking. “You don’t get to make single-handed decisions for me, Madd. That’s not how a relationship works.”
His gaze snapped to me. “Have you been in a relationship before?”
“That’s not what we’re talking about.”
His eyes narrowed, and his chest rumbled in warning. “Who?”
Holy hell, he was even more of a possessive ass than I was.
“No, I’ve never been in a romantic relationship before. But if you want us to be mates, I think that requires friendship. I’m not going to spend forever with someone I don’t even like as a person. The sex could be incredible, but it wouldn’t make the dinners any less awkward. Not worth it.”
His shoulders relaxed slightly. “I’ve never been in a romantic relationship either.”
“Stop changing the subject.”
He looked back at the food, starting to plate it. The guy didn’t seem to do anything halfway; there were multiple components to the meal, despite how late it was. “Give me a solution, then. How are you going to get to work early in the morning without a vehicle, and without putting yourself in danger?”
“I’m not in danger when I walk to work.”
“Then how are you going to get there without making me worry about you?” he growled.
I couldn’t really argue with the worry.
He’d made it clear he was very concerned about everything that had to do with me. My safety seemed like a no-brainer as far as his worries went.
“I can drive you to work on those days,” I suggested. “Since your shifts are longer. You can drive me the others.”
