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“Thank you for getting me out of there.”

I laugh. “You didn’t want to do another shot?”

“No.”

“Thanks for taking one for the team.”

He arches a brow. “Do all your dates go on a shot binge?”

“That was a first. He didn’t drink like that on our other dates.”

“Please tell me you didn’t sleep with that guy.”

I smirk at him. “You have a lot of nerve saying that when I get to think of you fucking Ms. Thursday every week.”

Chase sighs and looks at the ceiling then back to me. “Are you ever going to get over that?”

“Nope.”

His jaw clenches, and he looks out then turns back to me. “For your information, I don’t see her every Thursday. In fact, I’ve not seen her in quite a while.”

“Oh, do you have another Ms. Thursday you swap in?” I sarcastically chide.

He softly laughs. “No, I do not.”

“What’s so funny?”

“You seem to think I have a lot more sex than I do.”

I arch a brow.

“What?”

“You’re the one with the calendar.”

“I do not have a calendar. I told you, Meredith needed boundaries.”

“She needed boundaries? What does that even mean, Chase?”

“Thursday. That was her boundary. Otherwise, she would try to move in.”

I snap my fingers at him. “There, you just proved my point.”

“Can you explain please?”

“You said no one gets hurt. But you do hurt women, Chase. She wants more, and you won’t give yourself to her. She’s so desperate to be with you she’s willing to allow you to put her on Thursdays only. Why can’t you see how screwed up that is?”

He doesn’t say anything.

“What happened to you that you chose this?”

His jaw clenches.

I cup his face in my hands. “Tell me.”

“Nothing. It’s just easier.”

“Easier than what?”

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