My mind snapped back into my body the moment Chase’s deep voice rolled across the gym. It was warm and teasing, and it poured straight through my spine, melting every bone until my knees weakened. I blinked quickly and pressed my lips together, stumbling over my own breath as heat flushed across my cheeks. I spun around as if the walls suddenly needed my attention, anywhere but his bare chest or the long lines of muscle I had just been shamelessly admiring without permission.
“I was not staring at you,” I managed to say, but my voice sounded thin and breathless and nothing like confidence. My fingers twisted at the fabric of my gown as I kept my back half turned to him. “I just needed something. That is why I came here.”
Chase let out a low laugh, almost a rumble, the sound warm and mock
