Behind the CEO

Chapter 29

Taylor could tell by the pitiful look in Jonathan's eyes that he wanted to apologize and make things right between them. She knew and that's exactly why she told him to go home. She didn't want to hear what he had to say. Whatever it was that they had or didn't have, it was in the past and she was moving on. Trying to forget about her feelings for him was hard, but she didn't have a choice.

An hour and thirty minutes after Jonathan left, Taylor decided to call it a night. She didn't go straight home, though. Being that her refrigerator was practically echoing because she kept postponing going to the grocery store, tonight was a must! She didn't have a list but she almost never did. She just went up and down every single aisle of the grocery store, putting everything she wanted and needed in her basket.

Pulling into her driveway, she sighed. After an exhausting day, she was finally home. She couldn't wait to put her groceries away and make her favorite pasta. Turning her car off, she looked up to find Jonathan sitting on her swing with a bouquet of yellow roses. She knew that he was a persistent man, however, she didn't think that he would show up at her house tonight. She wasn't in the least bit surprised that he remembered where she lived, after all he had impeccable memory. The two of them stared at each other for a moment before Taylor grabbed her phone to call her sister. The call went to voicemail after the second ring. She pulled the phone away from her cheek and frowned.

"Did she just-.." She said referring to Tiffany ignoring her call. "I'm going to keep calling!"

"Yes?" Tiffany giggled, knowing exactly what her sister was thinking.

"Why is Carter sitting on my swing in front of my house?"

"I really hope you are not next to him while asking me this question." She laughed.

"I haven't gotten out of the car." She answered, looking at Jonathan as he looked at her with the same pitiful eyes he had earlier. "He's just sitting there, with a bouquet of yellow roses, looking at me."

"He's about to apologize for being a jerk."

"He was going to ask me if I could forgive him earlier."

"Was going to? What happened?"

"I sent him home."

"Nope." Tiffany laughed. "You send him to get roses."

"I'm about to send him home again."

"Sis, please." Tiffany said rolling her eyes. "You called me because you want me to say it's okay to hear him out and see what happens, because that's what you want to do. You still have insane feelings for Twenty-six, and that's okay given what he's been to you prior to all of this. Hear him out, let it go, won't sleep with him though, but you'll forgive him eventually. Just like you'll eventually sleep with him again."

"I don't like you." Taylor said rolling her eyes. Forgiving Jonathan was one thing, and she wasn't against that. Was she going to forgive him tonight? Absolutely not. After Jonathan walked in with Gabrielle and laughed in her face, she still had to see them together around the office for two weeks. This past week, Jonathan and Gabrielle didn't interact at all unless it was work related. Taylor's feelings for him ran deeper that words could ever express. She was still beyond hurt, she needed time to get over it. And she wasn't going to sleep with ever again. That was for sure.

"What are twins for? Now, get off my line, I was busy."

"Get it." Taylor happily encouraged. She took her keys out of the ignition and grabbed her purse. When she opened her door, Jonathan got up from the swing and walked to towards her. Taylor didn't wait for him to reach her, she popped we trunk open and started grabbed her grocery bags.