"Oh." It took a lot of restraint for Ray not to ask who it was and whether he knew them. Maybe he should have stuck with asking Danica about her brother's exes rather than hammering on about the creepy masked guy. It might have been more helpful.

"Alright. Okay, uh." He stopped in his tracks just shy of the pathway, palms out to stop Asher too. "It doesn't sound like you're gonna take advantage of the situation, so you're already a stronger man than I am," he admitted. "But neither of us want a bad experience, right, so how about this?" He waited a beat, then gave Asher a smile like he'd found the solution. "We don't ask each other questions."