Tempting The Spitfire (A Temptation Series Book)

Chapter Two - Whisking Her Away

Skylar drove towards Eva's apartment. She remembered Eva had opted out of prom and she could easily spend the night at her place. After a few minutes, she rang the doorbell and Eva opened the door excitedly, as if she was expecting someone else.

"Who were you expecting? Alexander?" she teased her friend.

"He was here a few minutes ago. I thought he came back for the pizza he ordered for me. You can have some."

Skylar's mouth watered at the mention of pizza. She realized how hungry she was.

"Wow! Just what I needed. Why don't you join me?" The two friends sat down to munch the food while discussing the fateful prom night.

"Why didn't you attend it? Did your date ditch you?" asked Skylar, but Eva shook her head.

"Alexander hurt me. I lost the wish to go out."

"Oh, don't take him so seriously. He's just jealous of your date," said Skylar with a chuckle.

"He has no reason to be!"

With the Van Every family living nearby, she spent most of her days in their house before Alyssa moved out. Although Alexander was six years older, she knew him and his best friend, Ashton very well. Orphaned at thirteen, Ashton lived at the Van Every house ever since Alexander's dad adopted him.

The two friends caught up, but Skylar didn't tell her anything about the situation she was in. She wanted to deal with it her own way.

The next day, Skylar didn't return home, preferring to spend it with her friend Hayley at her house. The whole day she lazed around waiting for the wedding fever to die down and things to normalize. If she could successfully avoid Caleb for a few days, he would leave for his new job without a confrontation. That would be the best possible solution for now. She had no wish to bow down to their wishes, and Caleb would never understand her viewpoint. It would strain their relationship even more.

Caleb called her a few times, but she preferred to ignore his call.

"How long will you avoid him, Skye? Talk to him," said Hayley, but Skylar was adamant.

"No, Sebastian has eloped with his girlfriend. I'm free now to marry whomever I want. Why are they dumping Christian on me instead? I'm not obligated to marry him."

"Reason it out with Christian instead. Convince him. Tell him he'd make the worst mistake of his life if he married you."

"You're right. If anyone can help me, it would be Christian, but I declined him last night. He had asked me out on a date."

"Why did you? You've lost your only chance, girl." They sat down to watch a movie, but Hayley's words played in Skylar's head. How would she convince Christian that it was a bad idea to marry her? Her eyes brightened up as an idea hit her. Maybe Granny could help her meet Christian.

She picked up her phone and walked out to the balcony to call Granny.

"Hello, granny! How are you now?" she asked, feeling a little guilty for neglecting her lately.

"I'm better, but they insisted I stay here with them tonight. Where are you, Skye? Caleb and Lillian are leaving tomorrow morning. Won't you meet them once before they leave?"

"I'm at Hayley's house, granny. I won't go to the St. James' house to meet them." Her granny sighed, knowing how difficult she could be sometimes.

"No one will force you to get married tonight if you come here. At least meet your brother before he leaves. He has done a lot for you for the last twelve years."