Sweet Surrender (Book 2)

Face Reality

"Love shouldn't be about jealousy or anything like that. It should be about commitment and being able to trust that person. If you can't have that from the get-go, there's a problem."-- Aaron Carter

Stacey

"Was it Tyler who just drove off?" Jasmine asks as she enters the kitchen, rubbing her eyes with her knuckles. I keep my back on her while I pour us cups of coffee.

"Coffee?" I hand her the cup, ignoring that question. I woke up late. So did Tyler. He had to leave early since he has an important meeting at 9:00 o'clock.

"Thanks. Was that Tyler?" She asks again while blowing off steam from her cup. Her eyes on me.

"Yeah." I said, not minding the look on her face.

"He slept in?" She puts her cup down and gave me that smile.

"Uh huh." I nod and busy myself with my phone. Waking up with Tyler beside me, seeing that smile on his face when I opened my eyes, it's heart warming. But I suddenly went cold when I remember what happened last night. I just let it happen. I shouldn't have been too weak. He has a girlfriend, although how much he denies it.

"So, you're finally convinced that he's not in a relationship?"

"Nope. He denied it, but I don't think he's telling the truth." I shake my head. I can still smell him in my shirt. I smell like Tyler. His musky, manly scent is all over me.

"I talked to Tony, he said according to Tyler, he is not seeing anybody."

"Then who is Sasha?" I raise my eyebrows at her. Just saying her name brings a lump on my throat.

"Sasha? Who is that?... Wait... I think I heard Tony and Tyler talk about that name. Once... I'm not sure.... Look, why don't you confront Tyler about this. You guys spent the night together, and if he's involved, then you're just gonna get your heart broken. Again." Jasmine looks at me sympathetically. She knows what I've gone through. She was always there for me.

"Yeah. Maybe I should. Just don't mention anything to Tony yet. I'll ask Tyler. I heard him say how perfect that Sasha is. He even brought her her all the way from Singapore! I was so stupid to let last night happen." I rub my face with my hands. Regret envelopes me. But this feeling didn't even surface a bit last night. The moment he told me to stop thinking, I just did what he said.

"Sure. Just get this over and done with. " Jasmine stand and taps my shoulder.

"Yes. I'll get this over and done with. Today." I exhale loudly, convincing myself to do this. I grab my phone and send Tyler a text message as soon as Jasmine is out of sight.

'Hey. Can you come over today? No rush. I just need to talk to you.' I literally hold my breath. I never asked him to come over ever since he got here.

'U miss me already?'

'It's important. I just need to ask you something.'

'why not ask me now?' He is such a hard headed person. Why can;t he just say yes and come over today? God! He's making this hard for me.