I scrambled across the seat, face flaming with humiliation. From the corner of my eye, I saw Levi blink down at his lap. I tensed, waiting for his reaction, but he just reached into the door compartment for … napkins.
He hesitated, then just dropped a wad of them beside me. He took a few for himself and brushed roughly at his lap before giving up and pounding his fist on the roof. The driver sped up. I thanked every star out there for the partition between us.
Watching Levi’s arm flex towards the ceiling, I whimpered. The heat licked up my core like fire. As if in answer – or punishment – the matebond lashed against my insides like lightning. I cried out in pain.
Levi looked over, looking pained himself. “I can help with the heat,” he said seriously.
A blush stole my breath and I i
