WHAT COMES AFTER THE END OF THIS

Chapter 31

Chapter 31

Yrene's PoV

I sit in his comfortable car, laying my head back as he drives down the long driveway. 

"Yrene, there's something I need you to know."

"Sure."

"Barry knows." 

I am too shocked to even utter a word and then the shock is replaced with fear;  Bear was one of the best things that had ever happened to me and now he'd think of me as a horny slut who's whoring around with his brother. God no! This couldn't be. 

"Yrene hear me out before you break down okay?" I am almost hyperventilating at this point, 

" He's happy for us, he's happy for you," he gives me a warm, comforting smile, tracing soothing circles on the backside of my palm, " not to mention he gave me a death threat that if I hurt you in any manner whatsoever...well he'd not only make sure that I can never bear children but also kill me afterwards. He's quite fond of you, I must say."

I blush, a light shade of pink creeping up my cheeks with stealth, when he says that thing about babies but am glad to see the red that had crept onto his neck and cheeks too. Such a cutie. But by now my initial shock and fear has turned into confusion,

"Wait, Chase, how does he know? I mean about us?"

"Um..well you know Aleya right?"

"The doctor who told you about my eating disorders, gave me a proper diet chart and routine along with a lecture on how I could have died if she hadn't come on time and checked me up, yeah of course I know her. But...what has she got to do with Bear knowing?"

"Well that doctor is my sister in law to be, she's Bear's longtime girlfriend and fiancé."

"Ohhhhh so she's the mystery woman that keeps him in check, ah, now his persistent smiling at his phone and his phone password being 'Leya' makes sense. Oh my God," I cry out, as realistaion strikes me, " I actually thought that was because of princess Leya and his Star Wars obsession or something."

When I finish my soliloquy I notice that Chase has a very amused smile on his handsome, godly face and his beautiful eyebrows are both arched upwards. 

"Wow. At least now I know what his password his. He must love you a lot for you to know his password, Yr." 

"Yeah, he's like a brother to me. We're pretty close not going to lie but..."

I look down, too embarrassed to utter the words I have planned on saying next. 

Chase without wasting a second notices my hesitation and instantly stops the car, raises my chin with his thumb and index finger, making me look directly into those pools of melted chocolate and molten gold that still gave me shivers every time I peer at them for too long.

"Hey, look at me, it's okay you can say it." He coos, coaxing me into saying it; his assurity gives me confidence and I bring myself to reply,

"But Chase, won't he is think of me as a slut, now that he discovered me living in your house?" 

I softly speak the words as Rebecca's taunts and sneers ring loud and clear inside my head. 

"Baby... did I not tell you what he said about us? That he's happy and moreover I'd be under fire if anything went wrong not you. So ease out okay? He loves you."

I nod as he brushes my hair away from my face, tucking it neatly behind my ear and giving me a featherlight kiss which expresses in itself what words cannot do justice to. 

"Chase does he know? You know about my eating habits?"

"I have not told him yet, and neither has Leya because I told her not to discuss your scars or your condition with anyone but me. But if it keeps going on like this then there's not much I can do other than telling Bear to look after you and to give you a nice scolding too." 

I smile at him and thank him for his considerate behaviour before kissing his cheek, right above the stubble that I had grown to admire. After a few minutes we reach Katie's block and I tell him to drop me off a few houses away; he kisses my cheek as I open the door, moving out of the car, already missing his warmth and presence.

He rolled down the window as I wave at him,

"Hey, lady, when can I get my shirt back?"

I look down at the white button down shirt of his that I have changed into before leaving his house. Pretending to consider it for a minute and deciding that it, tucked into my black shorts, and slightly undone at the top makes me look hot I holler back,

"Hmmm....Never!"

 He lets out a hearty laugh and I think to myself that if he does that one more time I'm sure I'd stop listening to music and would just listen to that beautiful sound all day. 

I blow a kiss at him which he pretends to catch and place it oh his chest, right above that amazing heart. 

He winks at me, giving me a dimpled smirk and driving off. 

Shaking my head at him I walk to Katie's house, happier than I have ever been in a long, long time.

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Sorry for the short chapter but it seemed necessary to put it here. It's kinda just a filler tho.