Chapter 118
CHASE GOTTI
I watched her as she took a survey of the living room, holding my breath. I didn’t know why I was behaving like this. I wasn’t the kind of person to be affected by what someone thinks, but Calista wasn’t just someone.
She was the love of my life. Somehow settling here with her didn’t seem like a bad thing or felt cringy.
“Well what do you think? It’s small compared to what your father has right? Sometimes I keep forgetting that you are the daughter of the number 1 mafia. Nothing pleases you anymore ” I said as she turned to look at me , stunned.
“What? This is really beautiful. I couldn’t stop staring. Why do you have a fountain in the middle of the room. Don’t you think about the kids….. well children who may stay here one day may drown themselves ” she said as she looked at me and then away.
Was she shy talking about children. Was it a mistake? What was she thinking?
“It has an invisible barrier. No one can enter it without me disabling it. We’ll go to the fireplace and settle down there. I know those heels must be killing you ” I said leading her upstairs as she smiled and nodded her head following me.
“It’s true. Thanks. I even need to shower and change. But i don’t have any clothes here. Do t worry I will just call my dad and ask him to send Carl with some of my nighties” She said as she sat down and took off her heels stretching her legs as I shook my head hard and said,Content held by NôvelDrama.Org.
“No, you are not going to call him. You will wear my pajamas or do you have a problem with that?” I asked as she looked startled..
“What? Oh okay. No problems. If you say so then, I guess there is no problem. I just didn’t think about it that way.” She said as she stood up.
“I will take you to my bedroom then. I have another fireplace there. And you can take your bathe and pick any outfit from my closet. Don’t worry they are all clean.” I said as she smiled and nodded her head.
While she took off her cloth, I concentrated on the wall in front of me. It was strange, why did I have to look away but I decided to be a gentleman. After all we were in a rocky situation now. I still needed to talk things out with her.
“I will leave now so I won’t make you uncomfortable. You just probably be hungry, I will fix something up for you so just stay here and wait for me.” I said as I turned and left the room. I didn’t want to hear her reply.
I closed the door behind me and took in shaky breaths.
Was this really a good idea?. Should I back off and call her dad to pick her up. But if I did such a thing, I doubt she would listen to me…
CALISTA RAYMONDS
Is it just me or was Chase acting so strange. What the hell was going on?
First he was asking me if I liked his house better. I didn’t really cared much about any material things.
They were both important in my life and I didn’t want to lose them. Even if Chase took me to the slums, it was still going to look like paradise. I had gotten over my first shock when now he was behaving strange. I expected him to look at me and give me compliments that would make me blush as usual but this time around, he acted as if I was not worth looking at.
I stared at his rigid back watching him fold and unfold his hands many times. He seemed like he rather be somewhere else and before I could comment on that, he first spoke before I could saying.
“I will leave now so I won’t make you uncomfortable. You just probably be hungry, I will fix something up for you so just stay here and wait for me.” With that he left and slammed the door shut.
I was stunned.
What just happened? I said as I bit back my lips and held my tears.
“Remember what you said to yourself Calista. You were no longer going to do the chasing. If he wanted to chase you, he would.”
Besides he is doing all this because he promised me that I would be his date so he just fulfilled all righteousness. And he also made sure he treated me well. The kiss, you were the one who started it so he kissed you back. It doesn’t mean anything.
I said as I thought about Reasons why he would be behaving like this.
Besides I had bigger issues to worry about. I still had to tell Chase what Charlotte told me about her sister. I still couldn’t believe that one would go as far to kill her sister because of love.
But it wasn’t entirely her fault. She was being manipulated and having met Grayson, I knew that it would be a miracle if one could avoid being manipulated.
I walked to the bathroom determined to wash this off these silly thoughts about Chase and focus on what was more important.
This would surely lead to war. A war that we all have to be prepared for.
Whether I like it or not, I was led into this fight. And there was no way that I was backing out of it. Charlotte needs me.. she needs Chase too and I would never think of forsaking her. After all she is my friend now and that’s what friends do.
She told me that she escaped earlier because she told Grayson that she wanted to visit the bathroom, and he was already searching for her before she pulled me away.
I wonder if there was a way that she could slip in and pretend she indeed came from the bathroom. I needed to know what happened to Charlotte after we left the ball.