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Laric’s arhtened around my back, and he pulled me more solidly toward him as he said, “Home”

A throat cleared frorinned into Laric’s hard chest

“Uh, Laric Nice to see you again,” Chastity said carefully “I, uh, didn’t know that you had a fiancée”

Laric’s hand on ertips brush my ass as he pulled me in closer “Uh, yeah For a…”

“Year,” I coughed into my hand

“Yeah,” he confirhtly choked “A year”

Chastity’s face twisted into soust

“So…” Laric said carefully, hisinto a line as he stared at her “How are you?”

Though Laric’s words were perfectly polite, I could sense an undertone of anger Resent at him more closely

Luckily, ere all saved by Chastity’s na called

When she waved and disappeared without another word, I slu in the way he felt surroundingahen Laric’s phone rang

His fingers lingered onseconds before I tilted my head back and stared at him

“I’ll be fine if you want to take that,” I suggested, tilting my head in the direction of his phone that was on the seat next to him

Laric’s eyes were hot as he nodded his chin and took

“Did you make an appointment for next week?” he asked

I gri I did If I’d known, I’d have not made another one”

He chuckled as he placed the phone to his ear

Together, alked to the truck, hand in hand

It was only as he was hanging up his phone, his phone call very strange to listen to on et it taken down’ and ‘I want to sue her’

I was curious what had gone down, but more so, I was curious because he looked even madder than he had been when he’d seen Chastity

“I have to tell you sout at the knowledge of what I was about to share “Umm, Chastity Your ex?”

His hand tightened on the steering wheel “Yes”

“She, uh…” I squeezed htly shut Then, I did the ile little detail of what I’d seen when he’d been in the video “I can, uh, find it for you”

He squeezed htly “You told s escapade I’ve already handled it” He paused “Though, if I’d known that Chastity worked at that particular rehab hospital, you can bet your ass you wouldn’t have gone there”