Chapter 54

Emma’s POV

Chase grabbed me.

I was amazed at the amount of strength he had.

I knew he frequented the most fancy gyms in the city, and the home gym of late.

“So all that late night workout finally paid off, huh?” I asked, tickling him while he carried me like a little girl up the stairs.

“You think I train ninety minutes every day to catch a falling stranger?” He shot back at me.

“Oh, so now I’m a stranger?” I asked, with exaggerated hurt.

“You can undo that.” He said, winking at me.

“Is that not how you kinda see everyone?” We walked past my room and his, and I had begun to wonder where the hell he was taking me.

“What does that even mean?” He asked.

“You kinda treat people with a long spoon, close enough, but not too close.” I said. He didn’t seem too eager to answer that. “Any reasons for that?” I asked him.

He threw me over his shoulder to fetch something from his pocket. I looked at what room we’d stopped a