The expression on Chloe's face, coupled with the way her eyes were narrowed were starting to scare the shit out of Luke, and too late…he just realized that maybe he should have kept quiet.Do the right thing and help her heal.No, jackass.That was the same move Luke pulled that placed him squarely in the friend zone area.Granted, his timing was shitty but he was tired of bottling the truth up.Careful to keep his voice down, he tried to reach out for her but Chloe kept giving him killer looks. “Chloe listen, of course I know that you might still be healing from everything but I'm tired of just being your ‘friend’. I want more.”Chloe was conflicted. “That's what we are though.” “No. That's what you want me to be.” Luke insisted. “Why do you think I've been by your side now and then, sticking on you like a bee on honey?”Chloe couldn't think of anything to say to that that didn't make her seem dumb or just plain foolish. “But, Luke …” she tried and failed to put her thoughts into wo

“Luke?!” Her voice came out high pitched as Chloe immediately straightened, slightly embarrassed to have been caught gasping for breath like a fish out of water. “What a-are y-you doing he-here? Aren't you supposed to be inside?”His hands were in his pockets, the blue tie he had on complimenting his eyes. “So are you.” He moved his chin in my direction. “I saw you leaving in a hurry, and I wanted to talk to you about…” He trailed off, swallowing hard.She knew what he was about to say and despite having envisioned this conversation go in a thousand different ways, she never saw this bit. “Last night?” She finished for him. Red spots appeared on his cheeks and he ducked his head to avoid her gaze. “Precisely. I slept on it last night and I think it's safe to say that a new day has given me a different perspective. I was borderline insensitive about-”Unfortunately, he didn't have the opportunity today finish the speech that he had no doubt rehearsed a dozen times because the door beh

A gaggle of reporters stormed Sean's front lawn, each news station setting up their cameras and tripods to catch the latest gist.“Sir, are you sure that you still want to do this?” Rebecca sidled up to him, the floral perfume she used distracting him.Sean had filled her in on his plan after he realized that he would need her help. Rebecca didn't disappoint, tipping off some of her friends in the news agency about what was happening that day.Sean opened his mouth to respond when his phone buzzed against his thigh. Slipping the device out of his pocket, he glanced at the screen.Moriah.After he quit, she had been buzzing him like crazy riding his ass to come back but each day Sean spent away from that place, the knot in his chest eased allowing him to breathe better.After Amelia hurt him so badly, Sean made a vow to himself not to become like her but unknown to him, the thing he hated was what he became.Silencing her call, Sean ignored the phone in his hand giving Rebecca his ful

After Sean's public apology, the silence in the room was almost deafening.The crunch-crunch sound Maeve's chips made as she chewed was the only thing that could be heard for miles.Luke was so still that she had to check twice if he was alright. He seemed so, but then again he was overly concentrated on his phone.Syoung movement from the corner of her eye, Chloe turned her head to see Maeve giving her ‘the look.’Pretending to remain clueless, Chloe inched up her brows and Maeve in return, cast furtive glances at Luke.It was clear what she was trying to say, however…“Anyone wants anything?” Chloe asked brightly, rubbing her palms down the side of her thigh as she stood up.Luke barely looked at her, only mumbling out a ‘No’ that was loud enough to be heard.“Maeve?” She turned to her sister.Maeve's eyes brightened, keeping up with the ruse even though Luke was not paying attention. Latching on to her arm, Maeve all but dragged her out of the room, talking loudly so Luke could hea

“Rebecca, I'm looking for my sweater. Did you see where it is?” Sean called out, raising the covers of the chairs and bed not certain where he kept it.There was no response from Rebecca, which was quite odd so he matched towards where she was, raising his voice a little louder. “Rebecca, did you hear me? I'm looking for*“This?” She completed, holding the exact sweater he was looking for. “I found it on the banister.”“Oh, what would I do without you?” He groaned, pulling the sweater over his head. “Thank you, I was looking all over for it.”“You’re welcome, and in response to your question…nothing. You'd probably do nothing, seeing as you toss things around.” She giggled. “Are you all set? Do you have everything you need?”Sean did a mental checklist of every item he could need and everything checked out. “Yeah, I think so.”“You think so?” She arched a brow. Settling into what Sean would call the ‘Mom phase’ she went around the house, ticking things off with her fingers. “Do you ha