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“You have my word” He rested his forearht?”

Ava sht”

Chapter Fifteen

Maybe faking sleep when Ava returned to the rooht at 1:04 am made Chase a total puy He’d decided pretend slu the tar out of whoever Ava flirted and giggled with outside the motel room door

She hadn’t attened to enter the room That chapped his ass It was al the still-sleeping Ava a cursory glance, Chase slipped out Three hours later, after running five yreeted by Ava’s crotch

Her feet were spread wide and her legs were splayed open The re blue ball Ava’s body isted so he couldn’t even see her face—only the area between her thighs and the flat arc of her belly

Godda to his knees and burying his face against her te the bounce factor of that exercise ball as he slammed his ck into her

Ava sat up and rested her hands on her knees She sht that’d crossed his , roohly doubt our thoughts are even close to parallel, Hollywood” Chase drained his water bottle Then he yanked his tank top over his head, mopped the sweat froaze returned to Ava He wasn’t is this time; Ava actually licked her lips as she eyeballed his chest He didn’t hide his sa practice? Yes Why?”

“Just wondering who gets the shower first?”

Ava hopped off the ball “Go ahead I planned on staying around the rooured you’d be going to the fairgrounds with Ryan and hanging out until the rodeo started”

That vague coet rid of hioin’ anywhere today Thought I’d stick around the roo out with you, h her eyes “Oh Obviously since you’re paying for half the roo for what?”

“To have a few hours of quiet tie”

Quiet tiodda walk away and er in his hotel room “I’m not exactly loud, Ava”

“I know, Chase, but I need quiet Co No cell phone conversations No fighting”

The sneaky-ass wo the flaws in the ceiling tile for hours would drive him bonkers But the idea of anyher, kissing her, fking her on that lumpy damn mattress—made Chase crazier yet So he offered Little Miss Liar-Liar-Yoga-Pants-On-Fire a so off I promise to be as quiet as a church mouse” By Ava’s expression, she expected his, exit the room and leave her alone

Like hell

Chase slad we can sort this stuff out so quickly”