“I must as well keep your desk in here”

That tipped off his mate. When did she say no? No, when did he inquire? He did. True, but that was a joke he made.

"We're still getting to know each other," she remarked, despite her desire to argue further.

Pretty and Jackson were the most beautiful couple she'd ever met, and she wasn't going to fight Alan in front of them.

"Do you humans say that to avoid commitment?" Jackson pushed, and while Eleanor would have been defensive, she noticed something else Alan and Jackson had in common.

"There, sometimes they speak like they are not humans!" Eleanor prompted, and Jackson again stared at her.

Was Alan certain his mate wasn't crazy in her head? Why was he being serious about his question and Eleanor finding ways to draw parallels between him and Alan?