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Ben gave hier, bro”

He said, “I won’t,” and meant it

Chase’s mind raced as he drove to Kane’s trailer First he’d book his ticket online No, first he’d call Ava He wasn’t taking any chance there’d be miscoht a whiff of flowers But this ti supplies This tinized the scent

Ava

His skeptical side warned about wishful thinking, while his optied him to hurry the hell up

Chase threw open the bedroo on the bed Just like before Except this time she wasn’t nekkid This time Ava didn’t look like she wanted to kick his ass

She looked like she wanted to kiss him

He hopped up on the bed and kissed her first “My God, wo”

“You’re not drea my lucky stars…why are you here?”

“When I didn’t hear what constituted a fa out of an event you inning, I called Ben last night He told me you were here So I hopped a plane in LA—not a word about ht and drove over fro a lady friend after all “I missed you like crazy”

Ava rested her forehead to Chase’s “I ed him down until they sat on the bed “What happened with your fae mom had a baby out of wedlock withabout He showed up out of the blue this weekend”

“Wow That’s TV- it?”

“We’re in shock This Gavin guy…ht-lipped”

“So there is a family resemblance,” she teased

Chase smiled “Maybe” He kissed her knuckles “Ava I don’t even knohere to start to ain”

“Do you love me?”

“Yes”

“Let’s start there” She inhaled deeply and let it out “First let me say I’m so, so sorry I slapped you There is no excuse for ain I swear”