Chapter 79

“You’re right.” His low voice would’ve been as much of a concession as the words. “I’m sorry I didn’t give you enough credit.”

“I don’t want credit.” He dared a step closer, though stopped when Alec flinched. “I want us to go back to the way things were.”

The return of Alec’s gaze to his was all things bleak. “We can’t. But we can go forward, which is why I hope you’re not going to fight me on this idea.”

“You want me to seduce this friend of yours.” Saying the words so baldly was embarrassing. He knew he was bright red.

“It doesn’t have to go that far.”

“But you think it might.”