Chase took a fresh bottle of water from his bag and twisted the cap off. "I told you, no apologies. Try to sip some of this for me when you're ready. Have you been keeping anything down? I brought a bag of fluids just in case. I'm thinking we should just hook you up anyway. It's not going to hurt. Then I get to demand you get your bare arse out for me again so I can stick something into it," he added and gave Alex a smirk. Innuendo was practically another specialty of his.

"It's going around. Hazard of the job. If that was your attempt to get rid of me, it didn't work." He paused, watching Alex in concern. "Come on, you know I'm not just here because I'm your boss," he soon added.