Cross Dawson: Cupid's Island Series 1(ON-HOLD)

chapter 6

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CHAPTER 6

THAT NIGHT, Chloe was busy packing her stuff for her weekend getaway when her phone rang. She bit her lower lip when she saw who the caller was. Her dad.

"Hi, dad."

"Chloe, I called to remind you that you need to be home tomorrow evening. The Larsens will be here at Tennessee tomorrow so I invited them over for dinner and—"

"—Dad, I'm sorry but I can't come home. I'm going somewhere tomorrow. I will be staying there for the entire weekend and if I enjoyed my time there, I would probably extend my stay since I'm on vacation for two weeks."

"What?! How come you didn't tell us? You knew that I've been planning on inviting them over for dinner when they come here to Tennessee. Don't tell me, you forgot?" She closed eyes, trying to calm herself down.

"Dad, I'm sorry. It slipped off my mind. Maybe, next time." She heard him huff.

"They will be going back there to Florida on Monday and who knows when will they have time to come here again. Where are you going anyway? Is this more important than having dinner with the Larsens?" She massaged her temple, suddenly feeling stressed out.

Honestly, she was fully aware that her parents would be inviting the Larsens for dinner this weekend but she intentionally booked a weekend getaway instead of going home because she didn't want to attend.

"Dad, please. I just wanted to have a couple of days for myself to relax and rest. I only have two weeks of vacation leave and I want to use it to free my mind from any stress. I already planned everything that I wanted to do these coming two weeks and I can't change that now."

"And dinner with the Larsens is a stress for you? You know how important this is to us and yet you want to go somewhere else. When you told me that you didn't want to work in our company and work at Larsen Corporation instead, I agreed because the Larsens are almost family to us.

"But ever since you started working there, you began to slip away from us. You don't even come home anymore except when your mother calls you." Yes, she chose to work at Larsens Corp. instead at their own company because she wanted to get away from her controlling father.

Larsen Corp. was situated in Tallahassee, Florida. Tallahassee wasn't that far from Nashville but at least, she could have her own freedom, at least a little bit. Her father allowed her to stay in Florida because of the Larsens.

Yes, she felt like she couldn't breathe anymore that was why she insisted on working at Larsen Corp. Vito personally asked her father to allow her and thankfully, he did. Ever since she started living in Tallahassee, she experienced having the kind of freedom that she never had before.

She was her parents' only child and she understood why they were very overprotective over her but she couldn't take it anymore that she wanted to breathe free and coming to Florida was her only option back then.

"Dad, can we please discuss about this when I get back? I'm sorry but I can't come home this weekend." Her voice held finality.

"Chloe—"

"—Dad, please." He went silent for a couple of seconds before he sighed.

"Okay. I will let this pass for now but there's no next time, Chloe." His tone was firm and her grip around her phone tightened.