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and the other guy tries to work his, and the better man comes out on top.”
“But you hurt each other,” she said, pointing out the obvious.
“Sure,” he admitted. “But that’s not the endgame. The things I do to win might cause my opponent some pain along the way, but that’s not my goal. My goal is to play the game better than the other guy. I don’t get in the cage with the intention of hurting anyone.”
Thea thought about the end of his last fight. The look on his face when he thought he’d injured his opponent. Oddly, she believed him.
“But a lot of these movies seem to glorify violence for the sake of violence,” Chance continued. “There’s no purpose to it. And I don’t really like that.”
“Fair enough,” Thea agreed.
“Ooh,” they both said at once when the cover to the newest superhero movie appeared on the screen.
“You like superhero movies?” Chance grinned.
“I always wanted to be a superhero,” she told him.
“I think you’re really in the wrong line of work,” he teased.
“Touché,” she said, raising one eyebrow.
He smiled that warm smile again and her heart ached.
Stop it, Thea. He doesn’t like you. He likes Jade. Not for the first time, she begrudged her friend the awesome guy she was cheating on.
They watched the movie in silence for a while.
Thea enjoyed the quiet. Chance didn’t feel the need to fill the space with mindless chatter. That took a confidence most guys didn’t possess.
She could get used to a life like this.
No.
She stopped the train of thought before it could get out of the station. That was too dangerous.
The movie was fun, if predictable. They took turns making sarcastic comments as the good guys beat up the bad guys.
“Chance?” Thea heard herself asking suddenly. “Are we the bad guys?”
He turned to her.
“I hope not,” he told her earnestly.
“Me too.”
They went back to watching quietly. The room grew cooler as the sky around them turned dark. When she shivered, Chance pulled the comforter up to cover them both, then shifted slightly. His thigh now pressed against hers, and he placed one arm behind her, leaning on it and pressing his whole side against hers, warming her deliciously with the impossible heat that radiated from his body. If he weren’t obviously the picture of perfect health, she would’ve sworn he was running a high fever.
Thea became aware of every breath he took, every slight movement. The tension reminded her of endless teenage nights when she used to sit next to her clueless high school boyfriend on the sofa and wonder if he would put his arm around her. He never did.
At last, the movie ended. Thea mourned the idea that Chance would get up and leave her cold.
Instead, he turned to her.
She looked up at him as his serious brown eyes met hers, then drifted down to her lips.
Thea held her breath, waiting.
Was he going to kiss her? What would she do if he did?
Then his jaw clenched and he wrenched himself off the bed.
“I’m gonna call Jade to say goodnight,” he said in a strained voice, grabbing his phone from the bedside table.
Thea grabbed her own phone and flicked through messages without reading them, desperate to slow her drumming heart.
“Hello?” Chance said from across the room. He sounded confused. “I’m looking for Jade. This is her phone, right?”
There was a terrible pause.
“She’s where?” he asked sounding incredulous.
Another pause.
“Who is this?”
Pause.
“This is her boyfriend…Hello?”
He looked down at the phone and then slipped it into his pocket.
That didn’t sound good. Thea wished desperately that she’d had the good sense to make herself scarce before the call.
“Everything okay?” she asked, realizing she couldn’t exactly ignore him.
“Yeah,” Chance said, flustered. “Some guy answered her phone. He said she was in the shower.”
“Oh,” Thea replied.
“She’s probably at the gym,” he said, though Thea could tell he
“But you hurt each other,” she said, pointing out the obvious.
“Sure,” he admitted. “But that’s not the endgame. The things I do to win might cause my opponent some pain along the way, but that’s not my goal. My goal is to play the game better than the other guy. I don’t get in the cage with the intention of hurting anyone.”
Thea thought about the end of his last fight. The look on his face when he thought he’d injured his opponent. Oddly, she believed him.
“But a lot of these movies seem to glorify violence for the sake of violence,” Chance continued. “There’s no purpose to it. And I don’t really like that.”
“Fair enough,” Thea agreed.
“Ooh,” they both said at once when the cover to the newest superhero movie appeared on the screen.
“You like superhero movies?” Chance grinned.
“I always wanted to be a superhero,” she told him.
“I think you’re really in the wrong line of work,” he teased.
“Touché,” she said, raising one eyebrow.
He smiled that warm smile again and her heart ached.
Stop it, Thea. He doesn’t like you. He likes Jade. Not for the first time, she begrudged her friend the awesome guy she was cheating on.
They watched the movie in silence for a while.
Thea enjoyed the quiet. Chance didn’t feel the need to fill the space with mindless chatter. That took a confidence most guys didn’t possess.
She could get used to a life like this.
No.
She stopped the train of thought before it could get out of the station. That was too dangerous.
The movie was fun, if predictable. They took turns making sarcastic comments as the good guys beat up the bad guys.
“Chance?” Thea heard herself asking suddenly. “Are we the bad guys?”
He turned to her.
“I hope not,” he told her earnestly.
“Me too.”
They went back to watching quietly. The room grew cooler as the sky around them turned dark. When she shivered, Chance pulled the comforter up to cover them both, then shifted slightly. His thigh now pressed against hers, and he placed one arm behind her, leaning on it and pressing his whole side against hers, warming her deliciously with the impossible heat that radiated from his body. If he weren’t obviously the picture of perfect health, she would’ve sworn he was running a high fever.
Thea became aware of every breath he took, every slight movement. The tension reminded her of endless teenage nights when she used to sit next to her clueless high school boyfriend on the sofa and wonder if he would put his arm around her. He never did.
At last, the movie ended. Thea mourned the idea that Chance would get up and leave her cold.
Instead, he turned to her.
She looked up at him as his serious brown eyes met hers, then drifted down to her lips.
Thea held her breath, waiting.
Was he going to kiss her? What would she do if he did?
Then his jaw clenched and he wrenched himself off the bed.
“I’m gonna call Jade to say goodnight,” he said in a strained voice, grabbing his phone from the bedside table.
Thea grabbed her own phone and flicked through messages without reading them, desperate to slow her drumming heart.
“Hello?” Chance said from across the room. He sounded confused. “I’m looking for Jade. This is her phone, right?”
There was a terrible pause.
“She’s where?” he asked sounding incredulous.
Another pause.
“Who is this?”
Pause.
“This is her boyfriend…Hello?”
He looked down at the phone and then slipped it into his pocket.
That didn’t sound good. Thea wished desperately that she’d had the good sense to make herself scarce before the call.
“Everything okay?” she asked, realizing she couldn’t exactly ignore him.
“Yeah,” Chance said, flustered. “Some guy answered her phone. He said she was in the shower.”
“Oh,” Thea replied.
“She’s probably at the gym,” he said, though Thea could tell he
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