After ditching the wolf at the station, Patricia didn't see Stu again for three whole days. Three days she spent thinking about him, much to her annoyance.
Why did he attract her? It couldn't be the mate bond. She refused to believe that. So what was it? Surely not lust? For one thing, the guy was young, much too young. And two, she didn't like guys with wild mops of hair. She preferred a military-style cut. A groomed man. Heck, if she were to get picky, she'd admit she tended to gravitate to men in uniform.
Stu was nothing of the sort. A slob who lived with his parents and who spoke in ribald jests, whose family was borderline psychotic, who ? wouldn't leave her thoughts no matter how hard she tried.
Sigh.