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“Thanks” Ava sat up and drank all the water “So I crashed for over twelve hours Guess I ht How’d you do?”
Chase wore a stoic expression
“What? Did you have like a ninety-nine point ride or soaze swept over hiet hurt?”
“Nothin’ happened, Ava I didn’t coht”
“What? Why not?”
“Do you really think I’d just leave you here alone when you were so goddamn sick?”
She froze
Chase grabbed her hand and rubbed her knuckles against the razor stubble on his cheeks “I was freaked out about you I wasn’t exactly sure what to do I’ care of sick people My first response has always been to get the hell away, so I sort of winged it” A sheepish smile curled the corners of his mouth “You don’t look too worse for the wear”
“I can’t believe you didn’t cos in life than bull ridin’”
This tough h stock around to play nurseht she had the one-trackcoood care of me, Ava, I was ot right in her face “And I’ ht” He flashed his teeth “No dodging me either, because friends share stuff like this, remember?”
Somehow she’d known that comment would co She’d lie her ass off so Chase didn’t put an end to their adventure right now
Chapter Eighteen
The bad thing about driving all night? Trying to find awith available roo seventy dollars over their budget orth it
As soon as they dropped their bags, they stripped, crawled between the cool sheets of the king-sized bed and conked out, twined together Even in sleep Chase kept Ava close He’d never i up with the sa
He woke around noon and showered He didn’t bother dressing because his priority was getting Ava nekkid Irabbed his supplies frohtstand
Chase started at her pretty toes peeping out fro lunch for a pedicure He hadn’t understood why sporting pink toenails vastly improved her mood; it just had And after hoorried he’d been while she’d had that viciousto see her back to normal
He nibbled on the top of her foot and pressed a kiss on her instep His ed just the very tip of his tongue up her shin God She had such satiny s thiswake-up call, cowboy”
He threw back the covers and continued his northward progression, using his right hand to lightly stroke her right leg “And just think, I’ tired you could stop at themy face in your crotch?”
“Yes And you could leave it there as long as you wanted”
“Oh really?”