Falling for the Chase

Episode 60: Stay With Me

Episode 60: Stay With Me

It was the next day that Chase had a flight ready for his girlfriend. Valentina found his determination to get her where she longed to be extremely admirable.

The way he kept reassuring her that everything was fine and she could go without any worries was adorable as well.

It wasn't until she was packing her bags at his apartment that the woman had enough courage to ask him what had been gnawing at her. It was risky, but she felt like the offer at least needed to be made. If she was turned down, so be it but he needed to know where her heart was at.

"Would you like to come home with me?"

Chase's green eyes sparked with happiness as he looked over at her.

He licked his lips and took a few strides around the mess they had created on the floor with her clothes.

He took her hands in his and indicated for her to get closer.

She slung her arms around his neck instead and stood on her tiptoes.

It felt like his hold was made purely for loving her.

"I thought you'd never ask," he grunted followed by an exaggerated sigh.

She giggled.

"You make it sound like it would be the last thing that I'd ever do on the planet. Have a little faith in me, will you?"

"Honestly, I couldn't see why you'd want to."

She pinched his cheeks punishingly. "Oh, don't talk like that. I have my reasons for the hesitancy in my invitation."

"Those being?"

Valentina looked at him seriously, the force of her eyes having enough magnetism to not give him the smallest chance of glancing away.

"I know you're still new to this whole commitment thing. Meeting the parents is a big leap from bachelorhood, mister. I wouldn't want you to run away after getting overwhelmed or something."

"Or something." he mused, looking down at her.

His thumb pinched the skin at her hips. She jumped at the feeling, sparing him a glare.

"Now who's the one with little faith in the other?"

Her brows met each other in thought.

"Can you at least let me finish?" She huffed. When he didn't respond, she gripped him by his pectoral muscles, partially to get a perverted cup of them but also as a warning as she squeezed his chest hard. He groaned and stared down at her, eyes aflame.

"You can, but could you please refrain from groping me? I don't want you to start something you can't finish."

Disregarding the thunderous clouds surrounding his green hues, she rolled her own eyes. "As if."

"Try me," he provoked chillingly. She felt her body become licked with something of a contrasting heat.

She had to reign in on the instinct to squeeze her thighs together as she pulled away.

Gathering her wits again, Valentina got back on track with her train of thoughts.

"That's not the only thing. I'm also aware of the fact that my family can be a lot to handle. It doesn't help that they don't know about your existence. I'm sorry, I hadn't found the right time to tell them. To make matters worse, Jason is the last person they know about relationship-wise. The last time I spoke about him involved me being on the brink of breaking it off because of his surly attitude."