“How did she know about me working then and what about her text saying you were complaining about me?”
He shrugs his shoulders before answering. “Leah all I do is talk about you, the guys probably think it’s pathetic but I don’t really care. If she was hanging around she probably heard me saying something about you having to work, I think me and Mark were planning on coming in the next night with Caleb when you and Remy were working together. And the whole complaining thing? I don’t know. She was probably making it up, hoping you would be the one to check my phone.”
I sit there quietly while running his explanation through my head and letting the words sink in. I don’t know what to think, it sounds believable and I’ve definitely seen the girls that try to throw themselves at the guys.
“Please Leah, just give me a chance. You have to trust me on this, I would never do anything to hurt you or Caleb. You both mean so much to me.”
I make the mistake of looking into his green eyes again and can see the hurt running through them.
“Fine Chase. Say I believe you. But we aren’t going to just jump right back into our relationship, I need to build the trust back up before we can go any further. And I don’t want Caleb to get hurt again.”
I stand up off the bed to reach for my bag and he grips me in a tight hug and I’m instantly swept away by the warmth and familiar scent of Chase.
“If that’s what it takes Leah. I’ll do anything,” he murmurs into my hair.
“And I’m staying here with Ally, we don’t need to be living together right now, I just need a little more time.”
I see a flash of pain cross his face at my words but it’s quickly replaced by a small crooked smile and I know it’s for the best even if it hurts a little bit. I never intended for things to move so quickly with Chase and maybe we need to slow things down a bit to see if things will really work out.
We’re still young and even though I’m a little more mature for my age with the responsibility of having a kid, Chase might figure out he’s not ready for an instant family.
“I need to get going,” I glance down at my watch before heading towards the front door. “Shit I am so late.”
“I can give you a ride Leah.”
“No that’s okay, I don’t want to have to depend on you for everything Chase. Plus we’re starting things slow and we’ll see how that goes, ’kay?”
“Okay Leah. Do you mind if I call you later maybe we can catch a movie sometime this week or grab dinner or something?”
“Yeah that would be good. I’ll talk to you later.” I wave over my shoulder as I hurry down the stairs.
I’m not sure if our relationship we’ll ever be the same again even if I do believe him which I’m pretty sure I do. I know how other girls can be sometimes. And he’s right about Teddy, he’s constantly trying to win me over with his smooth lines that work on everyone but me so that makes me believe the stories true. This time I’ll just have to keep my head on straight with Chase and try not to let my heart lead the way.
Chapter 25
Chase
So I finally caught her and convinced her to listen to me. God I missed her so much, just being around her instantly calmed me down and made me relax, I was finally able to breath normally again for the first time since she shut me out.
And the way she was chewing on that full pink lip of hers, something I had figured out pretty quickly she did when she was deep in thought. I just wanted to lean over and bite that lip to taste her but I resisted. I knew if that happened she would of freaked the fuck out and I woulda been back to square one with her. And then she tells me she wants to take things slow, I don’t think I can do slow with Leah.
Whenever I’m around her I want to toss her over my shoulder and hop the next plane to Vegas, dragging her to one of those cheesy Elvis chapels so I can put a ring on her finger before her head stops spinning and she starts doing that thinking thing again.
Nope couldn’t do that, I would have way too many pissed off people back at home to deal with and I know we couldn’t do anything without Caleb. He would be just as much of a part of our little family as Leah would so that definitely wasn’t an option. I needed a plan to win Leah over and make her see that things with us just couldn’t move slowly, they were more like a speeding train without the brakes on and no stops ahead.
I knew I needed to head over to the one place I always went to and got the best advice. Moms. She was still pissed at me with everything that happened with Leah even though I didn’t do anything wrong, she still said I was an asshole for drinking that much and letting things get out of hand. I grab my phone out of my pocket before hopping into my truck and making the short drive to my moms.
“Hey Al….yup I finally got through to her…….I know about damn time………….. you think you could help me with something?”
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