Page 67 of Chase Lovett Wants Me

That would be amazing!

@legagornsandwich

The literal best. And you can finally meet all my friends and my boyfriend!

There’s a knock on my door.

I hop up from my desk and check the peephole before I throw it open. “Hi, sexy boyfriend.”

Chase grins and bends down to kiss me. “Hi, sexy girlfriend. You ready to grab dinner?”

“Oh crap. It’s that time already? Just give me a second.” I rush back to my computer.

@therealophelia

It would be so cool to have more than one friend on campus when I start university.

@legagornsandwich

Totally! My BF just showed up. Heading out for dinner.Chat later?

@therealophelia

Sounds good! Have fun!

“Who’s The Real Ophelia?” Chase asks as I exit the chat and close my computer.

“She’s my online bestie. We’re both obsessed withLotR,” I explain.

Chase frowns. “How did you two meet?”

“Through fanfic. We read the same fics, and she beta reads my chapters most of the time before I post them. She’s a senior in high school.”

“How do you know that? Have you met in real life?” Chase presses.

“No, but we talk about school all the time and she’s currently reading all the same books I did in my senior year of high school.” I slide my feet into my Docs and pull the laces tight.

“What if he’s a forty-year-old dude? He could be a high school teacher who’s catfishing you.” Chase’s eyes go wide.

“That’s all kinds of problematic for so many reasons. And she’s not a forty-year-old dude. She talks like a teenager, not like a forty-year-old trying to talk like a teenager.” I pat his chest. “You’re being paranoid. It’s cute, but also unnecessary.”

“Just promise if you decide to meet in person that I can come with you.”

“So you can be my bodyguard?” I shrug into my bomber jacket.

“Yes. Exactly.”

“Sure thing.” I push up on my toes and kiss the bottom of his chin. “You’re cute when you’re being all protective.”

“You mean fierce and alpha, right?”

“Uh-huh.”

Chase checks his phone. “Brody and a few of the guys have a table already. They can save us a couple of seats if you want to join them? Or would you rather it be just us?”

The only way to fit in with his friends is to give them thechance to get to know me and for me to get to know them. “We can join them.”

His smile widens and his thumbs fly across the keyboard. “Cool.”

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