Working With The Rockstar - JH

Chapter 66

Liza pov

Waiting for Jaden to arrive at my place felt like the longest forty minutes of my life. My closet was hot and dark, and the panic that was building in me didn't help with the temperature.

I heard more footsteps come down the hall, quicker and heavier than the last. My bedroom door shot open and my heart started pounding against my chest. I could see under the door that two feet had walked a lot closer to where I was. I watched as the handle twitched, indicating someone had put weight on it, before backing away.

"Liza, there's no one here." I let out a sigh of relief as his voice filled my ears.

"No. You aren't going to sit here and tell me I'm crazy, there was someone here." I argued, opening the door and feeling cool air surround my body.

"I believe you when you say there was someone here. But what I'm telling you is that there's no one here now." He elaborated.

"What the fuck am I gonna do?" I mumbled as I started to pace thinking of different options.

"Well, it's obvious you're not staying here. You're coming back with me." He stated, standing up and grabbing a suitcase to put some clothes in.

"What? No Jaden, I can let you do that." I protested.

"Why the fuck not Eliza? I'm your boyfriend and there's no way in hell that I'm letting you stay here in a place that has just had some rando walking around in it. I'm sorry, but that's not happening." He scoffed, pulling his arm from my grip and continuing to pack my bags.

"I've done enough to burden you these past few days, I'm not going to do it again." I pointed out.

"Liza, you're staying at mine, wether you go willingly or I drag you there." He stated, looking me dead in the eyes.

I stayed silent. I was scared shitless to stay here, but I didn't want him to feel like he has to do this. My brain was going haywire and it was starting to stress me. I think he could sense that and put the bags down before engulfing me in a hug.

"Come on baby. I know you're scared, and I don't want you staying here. I know that you'll be safe when you're sleeping next to me, and I know you'll know that you're safe as well. Just let me take you home." Home?

"Okay." I felt him leave a kiss on my head before he turned back and started packing more of my stuff.

He then walked off into the bathroom, packing all sorts of toiletries in the bag. I noticed how he had mainly packed things for cold weather which made me suspicious of what he was doing, but I didn't question it.

He zipped up the bag and wheeled it by the door. He then walked over to the drawer where I keep important documents, which made me want to question him now.

"What are you doing?" I asked, walking over to him.

"The make of your car. It's been driving me crazy that I can't figure out what it is." He answered, pulling out the papers signed to my car.

"It's an Aston Martin." I replied, making him nod along.

"Yeah, I know that. I didn't know what type. You got it modified and so the body was revealed anymore. Aston Martin normally have their makes on the headrest, but yours was changed when you had it modified." He explained, shutting the drawer after putting the papers back. "Come on. Let's go." He walked over and grabbed the suitcase, leaving me to grab my phone and charger.

I followed him out and walked as close as I could to him. I really didn't want to be here. We made it out into the elevator where he wrapped his arm around my waist and held me against him. I rested my head on his shoulder before the doors opened and we needed to walk again.

We walked over to his car and I got in the passenger side while he put my bags in the trunk. He came round and got in the car, placing his hand on my thigh as he started to drive off. At some point he decided he was hungry so we went through the drive through at In 'n' Out.

I took the food bags inside when we pulled up and he brought in my suitcase, insisting I didn't need to. I placed the food down on table and cuddled with Juice on the sofa while we waited for Jaden to come back down.

"Wow, I see how it is. My dog gets cuddles before I do." He scoffed, feeling the betrayal radiating off of us.

"But Juice is so cute. And he gives me kisses all the time." I stated, making him drop his face at me.

"I've done that before and you swatted me away." He stated, sitting down and opening the bag of food.

"I was trying to sing." I rolled my eyes, taking my chicken nuggets and laying back down with Juice's head on my stomach.

"meh meh meh I was trying to sing." He mocked me, making me laugh.

"Big baby." I mumbled, making him nod proudly as he ate a few fries. "Where are you going?" I asked, noticing a suitcase that wasn't mine set up by the front door.

"We're going to Tennessee. Now before you get mad-"

"What the fuck did you just say to me?"

"I said before you get mad. I did mention this on the phone, but you were pre-occupied. My mom wants me to go home for a week or so because I'm not going back for Thanksgiving or Christmas like she wanted. So I agreed and I was going to ask if you would to come with me." He explained.

"You're just doing this out of pity because of earlier. I don't wanna ruin your trip home." I pointed out.

"I'm not. I was going to ask you before everything happened. I'll admit, I do think it's a good idea that you get away from this city for a while, but the reason I wanna invite you is selfish. I don't wanna go back by myself because I already know it's going to be bad. If you're with me, I'll have you when it gets bad and I don't have to worry about it all." He denied.

"But what if my paranoia ruins everything?" I raised, scared I'll have an episode at his parents house.

"It won't. Nothing you do could ruin his trip for me. If anything you'll be the only thing making it better." He explained.

I chewed the inside of my lips. Meeting his family is kind of a big step, and there just that one part of my brain that's still focusing on the what ifs. But if he's adamant on me coming, I can't see the harm.

"So will you come?"

"I will. After you admit that you stole my passport."

"I stole your passport and pretended I didn't know what make you car was in order to do it." He rolled his eyes as I nodded at him.

"Thief."