Harper had only been trying to be friendly. Chloe knew that. After they left Bree’s Knees, Harper had run into the drugstore to make a purchase and they’d headed back up the mountain. She’d wanted to stop in at the coffee shop and buy Harper a latte so she could apologize for her behavior, but something stopped her. Her pride, mostly. And the fact that even though it pissed her off to admit it, Chloe was afraid Harper might be right about Luke. It wasn’t the first time she’d considered it. Not by a long shot. But she’d done a good job ignoring her feelings so far, and she couldn’t let a woman she barely knew send her off the rails now. No. She’d stick to her resolve. She didn’t want a mate. She wouldn’t take a mate. Not now. Not ever. Probably. It was that probably that kept Chloe from asking Harper to stop for a coffee. It kept her from apologizing to the other woman, and it even kept her from making polite conversation, which led to a very quiet, very strained drive to Grizzly Ridge.
