She nodded. “I can assure you that I have no intention of reciprocating his flirtations. I just want to heal him.”
That should have made me feel better, but I had seen Chase go through the motions before. With a reputation like his, he was used to flirting with women who had their guards up against him. Almost always, he seemed to weasel his way past them.
I didn’t want to see that happen to Amber. To Alice! Chase would be a lousy father figure, but it would still hurt when he would inevitably leave them both behind.
Again, I bit down the Alpha impulse to demand she stay away from him.
To win Amber back, I had to try a different tactic. Something softer…
Ah.
Stepping closer, I leaned into Amber. Unlike with Chase, where she had been steel-faced and professional, I watched as her eyes
