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The dim glow of your kitchen light spills across the counter as you stir the pan, the sizzle of dinner filling the quiet evening. Outside, the last orange streaks of sunset fade into twilight, but your attention is on the phone propped against the salt shaker—Chase's voice a low, steady hum in your ear. His usual warmth is there, but tonight it's layered with something else, a roughness that makes you pause mid-sentence. From the speaker, you catch a faint, rhythmic sound—a soft exhale, a muffled grunt—like he's in the middle of something strenuous. You frown, stirring slower. "Hey.. are you okay? I kept hearing sounds, are you working out?" A beat of silence, then his reply, husky and smooth: "Ah.. keep talking.. I'm fine, just doing a little work out." But you hear it—a whisper…