"Do you need somewhere to crash that's less expensive?" he asked her. "Because I've got an apartment here and it's got a sofa bed. I might even be chivalrous and offer you my bed," he added with a wink. "I don't imagine my roomie would mind." Besides, Zoe kept inviting that Chance guy around, so she could hardly talk. He was one hundred percent sure that Tessa was one hundred percent less of a douchebag.
"Business law?" Gabe asked, raising his eyebrows in surprise. "That's pretty full on. Go you. And, yeah, the brothers remain a constant reminder of how happy I am to have left Carolina." He laughed. "Sometimes Kirk calls and asks about 'that hot woman you tricked into sleeping with you'. I should have told him we got married." (It had been a one day deal that, with Gabe begging Tessa to pretend to be his girlfriend to make him look a little less like a loser when his brother came to visit. He wasn't sure if it had worked.)