WHAT COMES AFTER THE END OF THIS

Chapter 23

Chapter 23

Chase's PoV

I could not believe I had done that. I had lost control and had almost kissed her inviting lips there and then, to fuck with the consequences. I began tugging at the roots of my hair in frustration and the fact that she hadn't turned away from me when I was about to close the distance gave me all the more reason to think about the matter in a greater depth. Did she want me? Did she also have feelings for me? The same kind of feelings I was now more than  sure I had for her. I get on my knees and pray to God almighty to help me fight this-whatever it was.

But  why did she close her eyes blissfully as if awaiting for the kiss? 

Good God, this was going to be much more difficult than it had originally seemed. These feelings weren't just going to go away, they couldn't just be killed and what happened after that only proved me right.
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Yrene's PoV

I have to pinch myself repeatedly in order to check if I hadn't imagined all of it in my head. When I am sure that I most certainly have not, I let out shuddering breath. It was all real, he had held me, his eyes had actually darkened with sheer desire. I wasn't the only one feeling sinister desires. 

The smile on my that then crept onto my face was uncalled for and my friends had questioned me about it. So I told them, not all of it of course but just the main crux of our near kiss. 

"Girlllll you did not!" I smiled at that as Katie high fives  me.  

"Yeah I totally did bitch!"

"Wait but Nene how did you end up in his office, like why were you there?"

 Shit. Busted! I quickly think up a lie. 

"Oh it-it was nothing just a maths problem I didn't understand."

It seems as if Aelin had seen right through my lie, 

"Wait so you're telling me, you, AKA, Maths whiz had a problem with a question...." I nod and both of the she-Devils smirk at me before Katie adds with a smug expression,

"Well well well, a certain Drew has changed our smart best friend into a dumb one. Hasn't he Aelin?"

Aelin eagerly nods only to have me throw my pencil at her as I laugh along with both of them.

~*~

The week passed on in the usual manner but with one change, Mr. Drew adopted a cold attitude towards me, he wouldn't even look at me in class and would pick on anyone else other than me to answer his questions.

 According to Katie that was because he would get a 'hard-on' every time he looked at me or something, for which she was undoubtedly smacked on the head by both Joss and I. 

Yes, I had told Joss everything too but with a promise that he wouldn't utter a single word to either of my brothers or he would lose the chance of making babies forever. 

To say I was unbothered by Chase's could shoulder towards me would be an understatement, I was totally crushed by it and there was a raw angry feeling inside me because of this.

 Also did I mention, my parents were coming back today and that meant their hideous news was too?

I get home a little later than usual due to Aelin, Katie and I making plans for the night. We were going clubbing tonight, in order to let loose or something; as usual Katie's decision. No boys were invited because apparently we needed a girls night out in order to forget about the guys for once.

I had agreed but reluctantly, hangovers weren't really my thing to be honest. 

What I am not prepared for seeing, when I open the door to my house is my entire family and the Dawfield's, all of them, sitting in my drawing room, all engrossed in what seems to be a very serious discussion; their discussion halts as they see me strut in.

"Sweetie why don't you go upstairs and change so we can talk later?"

I roll my eyes subconsciously at my mother's fake sweetness, kiss my dad on the cheek and go up to my room, not wanting to deal with my mother for longer than I ought to. Jason winks at me and I subtly show him my middle finger before going upstairs and showering. 

For our night at the club, I dress in a tight fitting, noodle strapped, low cut , midriff bearing, black silk crop top and a pair of black ripped denim shorts with my sparkly full sleeved shrug which I let fall from one shoulder. 

I just want to hear this decision- whatever it is- as soon as possible and bolt out the front door so as to not spend too much time under one roof with my mother because it is bound to turn into a bad time, for all of us. 

I quickly do the straps to my strappy stilettos and move out of my room; make up would be done at Katie's as per our mutual consensus.

I go inside and sit on Ross's knee, although he was not much older than me, he had always been quite huge in size so ever since I was young I would sit on his knee while he told me a story or when I was having a bad night and he would choose to spend it talking to me, while Raymond eyes my outfit skeptically. I make a face at him and he averts his gaze while Jason made a fan with his hand implying that I looked hot and I feign disgust and turn away. 

I motion for my dad to announce whatever it was he wanted to talk to me about but my dear mother takes over and I try my level best to not walk out then and there,

"Yrene, sweetie, we have collectively decided that you should be engaged to Jason." 

Just like that, just as bluntly she states the heinous decision; there's apparently, no need to ask for my consent or for softening the blow. Typical mother.

I start laughing, surely this is a joke, I laugh so hard my stomach aches and my eyes water. 

Only when I look up to see Jason holding a dark and serious expression do I realise that they were anything but joking.