Chapter 157

“I’m a jack the lad. A joke. I always had a reputation with women. Deservedly so. There was a good side and a bad side to that.” Dean grinned despite his doing so making him feel sick. “My reputation didn’t put the women off, and they often got what they wanted…what they expected.”

Doubtful he’d blush over the question of sex but he grew warm. “The good side was I got laid on a regular basis and few women expected more than that.” He’d always been honest with them, but he didn’t think pointing that out would earn him points with Candice, and she was here to help, not judge; she had told him so.

“The bad?”

Trust her to bring up the Yin-Yang of the case.

“No woman expected a serious relationship from me.”

“Did you?”

“What?”

“Did you ever expect a serious relationship? To settle down?”

“One day.” Dean shrugged. “Doesn’t everyone?”

“No. But I’d say the majority of people hope so. Did you ever look for love?”

“Look?”