Chapter 10: Chapter 10

“You’re right. I didn’t have faith that a guy who’d already refused to commit was going to change his mind after already saying no.” Ash headed into the kitchen. “I sure as hell wasn’t going to risk everything, school and my career and everything, for a guy who had me in a damn rotation.” Porthos followed him into the other room. Ross did not.

Ash tried to convince himself that was exactly what he wanted. 3

Ross checked in with headquarters while Ash went through whatever exercises he was doing in the kitchen. He didn’t follow Ash into the other room. He wanted to. Lord knew, he wanted to check up on Ash and see just how bad things were for him, physically. Maybe a little bit of massage therapy would help with the pain he was so clearly in.