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it once I was inside the car.
    When he was behind the wheel, he left the parking lot and got onto the road, driving nowhere in particular. “I’m sorry about that. I had no idea they would be there.”
    “It’s okay. It’s not your fault.”
    “Now do you understand why I didn’t introduce you by your title?”
    “Yeah… Do they treat Livia that way too?”
    He rolled his eyes. “Don’t even get me started. They’ve wanted me to settle down with a wife, so if they found out it was you, my mom would pry into your personal affairs like a private investigator. I’ve never had a girlfriend before, so they would be even more anal about it. And if I did bring someone around, they would know she was it—the woman I would marry.”
    My heart moved into my throat. What did he say?
    He grabbed my hand and rubbed his thumb over the knuckles. “I’m so sorry. I couldn’t care less what they think, but I didn’t want to put you on the spot. The last thing I need right now is to lose you.”
    “I’m not going anywhere, Ash.” I looked at our joined hands.
    He breathed a sigh of relief. “I’m still hungry. How about you?”
    “Starving.”
    “Let’s just get McDonald’s and eat it at the apartment.”
    I smiled. “McDonald’s?” We were just at a fancy restaurant where his parents basically bragged about how successful they were. And now he wanted fast food?
    “They may be fancy, but I’m not. What do you say?”
    “I love McDonald’s.”
    He pulled my hand to his lips and kissed it. “I knew you were the one.”
     
    We came into my apartment with our bags and sat on the couch.
    He stuffed a fry into his mouth. “I can’t remember the last time I had this…so damn good.”
    I assumed he didn’t eat junk very often based on his stunning physique. “I could eat this every day. And Taco Bell.”
    “Taco Bell is the best.”
    I sat beside him on the couch while we ate in our finest clothes.
    “You know what Livia and I used to do when we were younger?”
    “What?”
    “My mom would make some pretentious crap and we would toss it when she wasn’t looking. Then I would drive us to McDonald’s and we would eat in the parking lot.”
    I laughed. “Did you ever get caught?”
    “Nope. Since I’m their golden boy, I can do no wrong.” He rolled his eyes.
    “Why do they favor you so much?”
    He shrugged. “Because I followed my family’s footsteps. Livia took her own path and pursued her real passion, but yet she takes heat for it. I admire her for chasing her dreams even though it was against all odds. I took the easy way out if you ask me.”
    I was glad Ash wasn’t stuck up like the rest of his family. “Do you not like medicine?”
    “I didn’t. But now I’m warming up to it.” He finished his food then left the trash on the coffee table. “I guess your grandma had a lot to do with that.”
    “She can be pretty persuasive…”
    He smirked. “Yeah.”
    I stuffed my wrappers into the bag. “Do your parents know about your…lifestyle?”
    “You mean my old lifestyle?” He put his arm around my shoulder. “I told them a few months ago.”
    “Was that…awkward?”
    “I said it out of anger. They weren’t happy about Livia living with Scotty before marriage and they were giving her a hard time about it, saying it was wrong she isn’t a virgin before marriage.”
    They sounded like sexist assholes to me.
    “I told them it was pretty clear that I’m not a virgin and they’ve never given me crap about it because I’m a boy. Then I told them I slept with more women than I could count and I’m a manwhore. I’m sick of the way they pick on my sister all the time, I threw myself under the bus just so they could leave her alone.”
    I rubbed his knuckles. “That’s really sweet.”
    “They don’t know what she’s been through.” His eyes turned serious. The anger and pain was deep inside. “If they did, they might think before they speak.”
    Ash never told me what happened