Page 108 of Master of My Heart

Chase started to glare at his friend, but he didn’t need to. Jayson pulled Sabrina into a hug. “Hey, it’s okay. You’re right. It is pretty funny.” He looked at Chase over Sabrina’s shoulder and shrugged slightly.

“You’re not mad?” she asked, pulling back and studying his face.

“Nah,” Jayson replied. “That’s why I stick with Chase. He’s good at intimidation and doesn’t make idle threats.”

Sabrina looked at Chase and smiled shyly. “Thank you for helping me.”

“I’ll do anything to help you in any way I possibly can,” he said earnestly.

“So, Martin will let me try again?” she asked, her voice soft and full of hope.

“Absolutely,” Chase said firmly. “As long as you promise to tell him or one of us if something like this happens again.”

“You’re not alone anymore, Sabrina,” Jayson added. “We care about you. Never feel like you can’t come to one of us if you don’t know how to deal with a situation, okay?”

She looked between the two men and nodded. “I’ll try.”

“Good,” Chase said, then stood. “I should get home. I have some things to work on.” Like figuring out how to win Sabrina over by the end of the year so she’ll marry me. Something crossed his mind that should have crossed it earlier. Then again, he’d been consumed with making sure Sabrina was okay. “Would you like to go out with me? Tonight?”

Sabrina’s eyes widened and she glanced at Jayson, who grinned and nodded. Her face lit up. “I’d like that.”

Chase grinned and glanced at his watch. It was just after noon. An idea started forming in his head, but he had to make some calls. “How does six sound?”

Sabrina nodded.

“I’ll see you then.”

He leaned down to kiss her forehead and inhaled the vanilla scent that seemed to seep into his veins and fill his whole being with warmth. He and Jayson shook hands, then he walked out of the apartment, heart pounding with happiness. He pulled out his phone.

“Mom, can I borrow your car and driver tonight?”

Chapter Thirty-Six

You okay, Sabrina? You look nervous.”

Sabrina looked away from studying the green dress in the mirror and saw Liz standing in her doorway. “I am nervous.”

“Why?” Liz walked in and sat down next to her on the bed. “Do you think he’s going to hurt you?”

Sabrina’s eyes widened. “Oh, no! Of course not!”

“Good. I know there are a lot of assholes out there, but Chase isn’t one of them.”

“I know.” Sabrina wasn’t just saying that. She really knew he was a good guy. After doing what he did to get rid of Aiden, then not sleeping with her... He was a strange kind of man she’d not encountered before.

“Then why are you nervous?”

“I’ve never been on a date before,” she admitted softly.

Liz stared. “Never?”

She shook her head.

“Not even before... stuff happened?”

“I was focused on my dancing,” she said with a small shrug. “No one ever really caught my attention before Chase. And after he did...” She frowned slightly. “Things changed. But even if they hadn’t, who could compare to him? Especially to a silly sixteen-year-old girl?”

Liz grinned. “Yeah, I can see that.”

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