Chapter 39

"I indeed slept with her after meeting you, and I was trying to forget about you, but hear me out," he said. He took a big breath and said, "I remember kissing you the first time. It was the day of the surgery, and I was upset that I couldn't get you out of my head even though all we had done was a kiss. So I thought I could overwrite that memory."

Oh…

Laughing, he said, "You don't have to believe me. As someone who's spent most of his life womanizing, you might think everything I'm saying right now is a farce... planned... rehearsed. But I'm telling you the truth. I swear it."

As I murmured, "You are just saying that," he confirmed my suspicions.

His voice was closer now, giving me a tingly feeling in my ear as he said, "No, I'm not."

I looked up to find him fixated on my face.

“Get on the bed," I sat with him.

He complied, "Yes, ma'am," and