- Chris Evans Fanfic -
"Now Kiss your bride."
Shelby's eyes began to focus on Jake's, her body tensing up as an innocent expression formed on her face. Jake's hand that held onto her hands moved to her neck, pulling her into him. His lips pressed t...
- Jake when he found out that Shelby had thought they were going to have sex -
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Opening the door to inside the house, a mixed fragrance of booze and men's cologne hit Shelby like a wave. She closed the door behind her, turning to take in the room. To Shelby's surprise, what she had expected was a living room, but stood inside a wet bar. A matching brown leather furniture set resides to her right with the couch leaning against the wall. The loveseat that's back faced the entry doors to the house while the rocking chair was placed on the opposite side of the rustic wooden coffee table that had coasters and a deck of cards.
The wet bar itself was designed with an old-timey look and was made of a red wood, with matching bar stools. The counter, which had been installed long ago, had a green and black marble like look to it. On the counter were coasters and a pile of magazines on the corner, a few half used bottles of various liquor within the inner counter below. Within the wet bar that Shelby could see, the glasses were neatly stacked and placed within the cubbies on the counter on the other side of the bar area. Typically the bartenders area.
Shelby looked at herself in the mirror on the wall of the wet bar, seeing her tired face and messy hair. As she stared at herself in the mirror, she internally spoke to herself about her dilemma with Jake.
Are you willing to go through with this? I mean, how committed do you have to be to be committed to a plan like we have? Shelby bit her lower lip, licking over the skin. Jake... isn't bad looking, I mean... We have had a few heated kisses to practice for our wedding ceremony. Not that it truly meant anything, but... besides, Cassidy and Marissa couldn't get him to go out with anyone so... has he had anyone since Monica? Like, sexually? Maybe this... would be good for him? I don't know. Shelby internally palmed her face, rolling her eyes in frustration.
Caleb... His name made her flinch with pain. broke things off with you. To protect his family, yes, but it cut you like a knife. Don't forget that, Shelby! He abandoned you at your time of need! You needed him and all he did was what Marcus told him to do. Jake...was.
Shelby wondered if Caleb had heard word of her new relationship with Jake. Has Caleb heard about my engagement to Jake? Or that I quickly got married to him? I bet Marcus called me a gold digger and a slut, given what he had gone through with his own wife... Caleb will never take me back now. Now that you married a man–a wealthy man, two weeks after your breakup, he will never take you back. You hurt him. You know you did, even though Caleb hurt you first. I never wanted to hurt him... but Cassidy is right. Jake married you. He stepped up like a man... a real man. Now he's your husband. So what if it's not for real? Do it anyway. It's only right... now.
Shelby felt something tickling her chin. She moved her hand up to feel that her chin was wet. They were tears. Shelby quickly tried to pull herself together, wiping the tears from her tired cheeks. She shook her head, looking back into the mirror.
