Take Me Once, I'll Bleed You Twice novel Chapter 237

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“You need to let me go…

Cooper shook his head. “I can’t.”

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“Then how are we suppose to get to your place?

It took him a few seconds to process the question, and Sguring out the answer proved near impossible in his current state. His brain was such a mess he could barely understand how they’d gotten where and how they were all he knew for certain was letting her go was no longer an option, that if he

loosened his hold she would slip away.

“I can’t let you go.”

He felt her shift a little in his grip until she reassuringly pressed her hands against his arm, “I’m not going to go anywhere, okay? Let’s go to your place and

figure this out.”

“You promise?”

“I promise.”

Cooper had to take a moment to let her promise settle in before he was finally able to loosen his hold. Avery was patient, letting him do it in his own time and, once she was free, she turned and took his hand in hers. Her grip was steady – strong – and, coupled with a reassuring squeeze, told the wolf she had

no intention of running.

“Sorry,” he mumbled, feeling stupid for his reaction, for how he’d made her feel. For everything. It was no wonder his first mate had rejected him.

“Come on,” Avery said as she gave his hand a tug. “Let’s get you home.”

She led the way to her car, where they had to part if they wanted to get inside she couldn’t go through the passenger side and crawl into the driver’s seat. or so she informed him. Honestly, he thought her lean and probably flexible enough to manage it, but he’d already pushed things further than he was

comfortable.

He hadn’t planned on turning into this needy mess of a man and was honestly doing everything he could to hold himself back. His woll was having we of it at this point, as it adamantly refused to back down. Their mate was fine with them touching her; like hell were they not taking advantage of a

As a compromise, Cooper walked Avery to the driver’s side, opening the door and holding it as she got inside. Only once she was securely made de quickly release his hold on her hand, close the door, and move to the passenger side. The hole time his mate was shaking her head at hun

he agreed with that but he had his teaspas, very good reasons. actions were a bit much. And they were

Once he was in the car and buckled in, Cooper reached over and placed bis hand on Avery’s thigh At his touch, she gave him a book

“I can’t hold your hand while you drive,” he grumbled, feelips like a petulant child as he averted his gaze to look out the side window

Avery let out a small sigh. “It’s fine just don’t go up any further”

The thought had crossed his mind, of course but, now that his mate had put it out into the world. part of Cooper wanted to do exactly that Reathing at the urge while directing Avery to his home was a struggle but he managed it Somehow

Now came the hard part.

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The switch in Cooper was startling. Avery wasn’t quite sure what to make of it, though she currently had no complaints. His sudden interest and need to b close was assuaging her biggest fear but it did make her wonder if it would last once he was sober.

His home was a cute bungalow with a manicured lawn and a couple flower beds – unsurprising, given his profession. It also didn’t fit the picture she had

the grumpy wolf.

Avery had barely put the car in park before Cooper was already out and opening her door. She shook her head again as he grabbed her hand and led the wi

into his home.

The inside was definitely not what Avery had been expecting. Actually, it exceeded her expectations in the most unusual way. From a glance she was sure everything had been thrifted – secondhand – but lovingly maintained. Nothing matched and yet it somehow all worked, giving the place a cozy feel that was more ‘family’ than ‘single male wolf’. Avery glanced at Cooper, who had removed his shoes and was already halfway to what had to be the kitchen.

The moment they’d stepped inside he no longer seemed desperate to keep a hold on his mate, which made sense in a way. This was his territory – hes domain and that meant within these walls he could relax. Did she miss his insistence on touch? A little. But they needed to talk and being glued togethe would be too distracting to make it a productive discussion.

Following her niate through the small living room, Avery found herself in the kitchen where the wolf had poured himself a glass of water, downing t without hesitation. After a moment, he tensed, glancing back at the she-wolf. “…are you thirsty?”

His tone made it sound like having a guest over was an anomaly – that he’d either forgotten how to welcome one into his home or wasn’t very good at t The awkwardness brought a smile to Avery’s face. “Some water would be nice.”

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Cooper nodded and took out a second glass, filling it and his own before handing it over. “So… you… we should talk, huh,” he said, averting his gaze aa

if embarrassed.

“We should, yeah. Where should we sit?” Avery glanced over at the small Kitchen table and its two mismatched chairs. “Here or

“Couch,” he replied without any need to think it over. As he walked by, Cooper hooked his arm with Avery’s and led her back The proceeded to steer her to the couch. It was only once her butt was firmly seated that the wolf took his own.

There was half a meter of space between them once he was settled; close enough they could each out and tinich but it so that

by other things.

Should Avery start the conversation? Or should she wait for Cooper to get there on his own Probably the Salter

surprisingly worked out decently thus far Why is what wasn’t broken?

“What do you wanna know?,” her mate asked after few minutes of silence

That was a loaded question if she was acing honest What she wanted to

than that for this conversation

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Well that made as much sense as… literally nothing. There was no sense in what he’d said. “…you do know how the mate bond works between fated mates.

don’t you?”

“Of course I do,” he scowled, eyes st on his water. “It’s just…”

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