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    “What are we having?”
    “Roast chicken and vegetables, twice baked potatoes, salad, and broccoli cheese soup,” Ty replied with a grin, then turned to the refrigerator and added, “Oh, and spinach dip to start.”
    Jordan chuckled at the impressive and somewhat intimidating menu. Tyson had always loved to cook, and he’d especially loved to cook for her. Something about feeding her and keeping her healthy and happy. It was one of the things she missed most about him.
    Although, she had found it easier to fit into her jeans since she’d stopped eating his cooking.
    “Sounds amazing,” she said, taking a piece of pita bread and a dollop of dip before looking up at him through her eyelashes and asking the question that had been plaguing her since last night. “Why did you still ask me to dinner?”
    “What do you mean?” he asked, his lips turning down. “We had a deal.”
    “Yeah, I know… I just thought, since the date went well, that you’d forget about the deal.”
    Tyson leaned his hip against the counter and looked at her with serious eyes.
    “What makes you think the date went well?”
    “Uh…” Jordan blushed as she realized she’d given herself away. She’d never been one to lie, and she’d certainly never been able to lie to Ty… Even when she’d tried to convince them both that she didn’t love him anymore and hated to be around him, he’d seen the truth. She wasn’t happy about the fact that they weren’t together, but she did think it was for the best.
    Tyson chuckled and let her off the hook.
    “Mika told me you were there.”
    “Oh,” she replied, embarrassed. After mentally vowing to punch Mika next time she saw him, Jordan said, “Yeah, I, uh, just wanted to see how things were going between you two… You know, since I set it up. It, um, looked like everything went great.”
    “It did,” he admitted, causing her stomach to drop to her knees. Then he crossed to her and brought his finger up to gently caress her cheek.
    Jordan looked up at him, dying a little because of how beautiful he was.
    “It was good to catch up with an old friend,” he explained. “And that’s all you saw, Jordan, two old friends… That’s all Trinity and I will ever be to each other.”
    Even as her heart leapt, she tried to argue, “But…”
    Ty sighed and rubbed a hand over his face, clearly frustrated.
    “You know, Mia told me that when you two talked about her and Drake, and she said something about moving back to New York and Drake moving on, that you were the one who argued that because she was Drake’s mate that he’d never be able to move on and be happy with anyone else… Is that true?”
    Jordan thought back to that day and nodded numbly. She had said that.
    “So, if you know that, if you know that when a bear shifter, or any shifter for that matter, finds their mate, that they’ll never be able to find happiness with anyone else, why can’t you believe it when it comes to us?”
    “Because it’s different,” Jordan cried. “We were young and in love, and thought we had our futures ahead of us, but everything changed… You need to mate with someone who can fill your home with children. I know that, and so do you.”
    Ty almost started to yell, then bit it back and took a deep breath before saying calmly, “It doesn’t work that way. Children or no children, you are my mate . Period. There will never be anyone else. Look around you, Jordan. I haven’t changed one thing in our home, inside or out, because I’m waiting for you to come home. No other woman will ever live here. No woman will ever take your place. There’s been no other woman since you walked out… because you are my mate .”
    He shouted that last little bit, obviously as tired of having this conversation as she was. They were probably the two most stubborn people on the planet, and it killed her that he was hurting, but she was stuck on one thing he’d said.
    “There’s been no other woman? At