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I ignored her and yawned. “You guys have a good evening.”
“You too, Arya,” Amelia and Olivia chorused.
I made my way down the corridor where I was surprised to see Chet standing outside my bedroom door. “What are you doing here?” I said, annoyed.
“I need to talk to you,” he said gruffly.
“Can it wait till tomorrow? I’m going to get ready for bed.”
“No, it can’t wait.” He shook his head, drops of water falling from his hair onto my skin.
“Um, I’d like to take a shower. It’s been a really long day, Chet.”
“Can you not shower after we talk?”
“No. You’ve had your shower. Why should I wait?”
“Because I really need to talk to you now. Please? Can you just have a quick shower then?”
“I can, but I don’t really want to.”
“Please, Arya. I’ll give you fifteen minutes.”
“You’ll give me fifteen minutes?” I folded my arms across my chest. “Um, I think I’ll take an hour.”
“All right, please don’t be difficult. We need to talk. I didn’t really know what I was saying when we got out of the car, I was just joking around, and I think you may have taken my words personally—”
I cut him off. “I didn’t take anything personally. I just want to go to bed. Okay? It was a nice day, and now I’m done. We had a little kiss, and that was that.”
“It wasn’t just a little kiss, Arya. Please?”
I paused, too many emotions swirling around for me to make sense of. “Fine,” I conceded.
“I’ll meet you in thirty minutes.”
“Where?”
“What about outside on the back patio?”
“What if someone sees us?”
“Fine,” he said. “Come to my bedroom, then.”
“I don’t know if that’s a good idea.”
“I’m not going to ravish you, Arya.” He rolled his eyes. “Don’t worry.”
“Really?” I said. “I wouldn’t put it past you to try and get to fourth base.”
“I mean, do you want to get to fourth base?” He shot me a cocky grin. I gave him a stony look in response. He held his hands up in surrender. “I just want to chat, okay? There are some things we need to talk about.”
“Fine. I’ll be there in thirty minutes.” I quickly walked into my room and closed the door behind me. I leaned back against the door and took a couple of deep breaths before walking to the vanity and staring at my reflection in the mirror.
Today had been some day, and that had been some kiss. I wasn’t sure what Chet wanted to talk about, but I knew whatever he had to say was going to be life-changing for me. There was no way that it wouldn’t be. This entire situation had already awakened sensations in me that I hadn’t even realized were dormant. Chet was sexy and funny, and the sort of man that I would want to spend forever with, even if he was an asshole. And even though he was one of the most obnoxious men I’d ever met, there was just something about him… His charm, his charisma, his entire being just connected with me.
I was nervous about what he wanted to say. I would go and I would talk to him, but I didn’t know how I would respond. He was a cowboy who knew he was completely and utterly irresistible. If he tried to kiss me again, I wouldn’t be able to stop him because his kisses made me feel more alive than I’d ever felt.
And sometimes I just needed that.
