“Amber, please…”

    He could have stopped me with his speed, but he must have sensed just how pissed off I was. And how panicked. I couldn’t be in here anymore, I couldn’t be dealing with this. My heart was racing out of control, my blood pressure was sky high.

    When I opened the door, he let me walk through it, though he did follow me out onto thending.

    “Please just hear me out…”

    Later, maybe I would. Right now? I just wanted to get away from him as fast as possible.

    My purse on my arm, I reached inside to get my cell phone. I hoped to call Anna for a ride, but it was dead. I was also worried about Alice, though I trusted Anna to take care of her. I was certain that was were Anna went when she left here, to relieve the babysitter and take care of Anna. Especially because Anna

    lived in the same duplex.

    Still, I wanted to check in. I needed a ride. And Anna might be the only other person who could fill in

    some of the holes I had fromst night.

    With the phone dead, though, I was out of luck.

    But then I saw Chase getting into his convertible in the parking lot.

    Looking over, he spotted me. “Amber.” The longer he looked, the higher his brows rose. “Aren’t those the same clothes you were wearingst night?”

    “Can you drive me home?” I asked him. I was so desperate to get out of here, there wasn’t time to exin.

    “Yeah, get in.”

    I couldn’t calm down until Chase started the car and drove us out of that parking lot. He revved the

    engine a few times, which my headache did not agree with, but I couldn’t be mad when he was

    essentially rescuing me.

    A few lights away, Chase nced at me and said, “I don’t know where you live.”

    I started telling him, but then I stopped, seeing the time on the dashboard. “Is that right?”

    bIt /bwas already after 9 am.

    b“/bIt is,” Chase said. “I was on my way to our appointment when I saw you.” Heughed. “For a minute, I thought you were doing house calls.”

    Gods, I already missed another patient this morning. “Never mind going home. Take me to the clinic instead, please.” At the clinic, I had some spare clothes in my locker. Also, in one of the bathrooms we did

    have a shower just in case something should happen.

    I never imagined I’d be using it the morning after I drank too much.

    “Yes, ma’am,” Chase said and made a U–turn so fast that I pressed hard against the door of the car.

    We drove in silence for a while, before Chase spoke again.

    “I wasn’t sure about you and Julian being an item. I’d heard about your marriage of course, once you came back to the pack and revealed yourself. Everyone was talking about how you came back from the dead. I guessed you were just hiding from him. I had thought the two of you were ex’s thorough and through.”

    He sped through a yellow light so fast that I held onto the seat cushion for dear life.

    “But I guess it’s pretty clear you two are still together,” Chase said.

    “What makes you say that?” I asked, mostly to distract myself from his reckless driving.

    “Because you slept with him. Oh! Unless this was just a one–time thing? Like for old times‘ sake?”

    “I didn’t –”

    My voice cut off as he mmed on the brakes to keep from bolting through a light that was clearly red.

    Inertia pushed me forward for a moment, and then I flopped back against the seat.

    With the car stopped, Chase turned to look at me. He grinned at me, his eyes sparkling with mischief. “If byou /bare into one–night stands… would you consider one with me?”