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Overall, Vanna was a much better cook than me, and I had no problem admitting it and appreciating the fact that her talents were broader than mine.
I stood, and then stacked the folders we’d been reviewing before I headed for the door.
“Chase?” Wyatt called.
I turned. “Yeah?”
“You haven’t been miserable with Vanna until you found out that she was moving out. You’ve been happy. Keep it that way,” he said shortly before he reached for a folder and went back to work.
I frowned as I exited his office.
Easy for him to say. He wasn’t the one who was going to have to put his balls on a chopping block to get the woman he wanted.
Savannah
“So, is that your final decision?” Torie asked as she savored a bite of her chocolate chip cookie.
The two of us had been sitting at the kitchen table going over the rentals I’d seen so far.
“The condo in the Gaslamp Quarter would work for now,” I said resolutely. “It’s not like I’m buying a place at the moment.”
Torie wrinkled her nose. “Traffic will suck.”
“It’s highly walkable,” I countered. “I wouldn’t have to take my car out if I was going local.”
“It’s much nicer here,” she suggested with a smile. “And you’re really close to your best friend.”
God, she had no idea how much I wished I could stay, but I couldn’t take up space in Chase’s home forever, and now that I felt better physically, it was getting hard for me not to want…more.
I couldn’t be this close to Chase, closer than we’d ever been, and not want to get the man naked.
It was just too…painful.
The two of us were so connected it was almost scary.
But I didn’t really need to lean on Chase anymore, and now that I was healed, I ached for something far different from him, something that wouldneverhappen between the two of us.
Yeah, we were so close that there were times that I’d been tempted to tell him how I felt, but that would only ruin the friendship we’d built. Things could get very awkward, and I’d come to value our close relationship. A lot.
What other choices did I have but to go?
“It’s not like I’m moving across the state, Torie,” I teased. “And I can’t stay camped out at your brother’s ridiculous mansion forever.”
“I don’t think he’d mind,” Torie badgered. “In fact, I think he’ll be pretty devastated if you do decide to leave him for the Gaslamp Quarter.”
I watched as she picked up her wine glass, swirled it, and then took a breath in before she finally took a sip.
Funny, I’d known Torie forever and I’d never really noticed that she drank a good glass of wine the same way Chase did.
“There’s something seriously wrong with drinking a glass of wine with chocolate chip cookies,” I said jokingly as I took a sip from my own glass.
“No way,” Torie argued. “They’re both amazing. My brother has good taste in wine.”
“He has an entire wine cellar,” I reminded her.
She wriggled her eyebrows. “Just think about how much help he’ll need consuming all of that wine.”
I snorted. “You’re not exactly being subtle, Torie.”
