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“I do want to be with you. You make everything brighter, Skylar. I can see everything again.”
Slowly turning to face me, I looked into her eyes and flinched. Whatever was going on in her head, I fucking knew I would not like what she said or did next.
“When you asked me to marry you, I thought you truly loved me, but you don’t. You like how you feel when you are with me. I thought you were being sweet when you told me I brought color back into your life, but now I understand. You don’t love me for me. You love how you feel when I’m around. That’s not love, Chase. You want me around because you don’t have to think about Ellie. You are using me as a substitute to hold your true feelings at bay. I won’t be anyone’s second choice. I have too much respect for myself for that.”
“Skylar, that’s not...”
“Don’t lie to me Chase,” she growled. “You hug and kiss me into oblivion, but you’ve never taken it further. I thought you were being a gentleman because of my inexperience, but you weren’t. You are using me to feel good about yourself. Well, not anymore.”
“That’s not what...”
“Just stop,” she snapped as she took off my mother’s ring and handed it back to me. “Thank you for the proposal, but I will not marry you.”
Closing my hand around the ring, she slid from the cab and walked inside, leaving me alone wondering just what in the hell happened.
I didn’t know how long I had sat in the truck before I got out and entered the clubhouse. What was supposed to be a night of celebration turned out to be a night I wanted to forget about.
Heading for the bar, I took a seat as Enigma placed a beer in front of me.
“You okay, Pyro?”
“No,” I muttered, downing half of the beer in one swallow.
“Trouble in paradise already,” Enigma smirked.
Refusing to answer, I sat at the bar working on my third beer when the rest of the club members entered the clubhouse, laughing and cutting up.
“Pyro!” Gunner shouted, slapping me on my back. “Where’s the little woman?”
“Upstairs,” I barely said, taking another long pull of my beer.
“Happy for you, bro,” King said happily, sitting next to me as Enigma handed him a beer.
“So, have you two set a date?” Bailey asked, sliding up to King as he wrapped her in his arms. “You can have my day. King planned everything. He even has that nasty white dress in his office she can wear.”
“Nice try, Cupcake,” King growled, yanking her back towards him as she squealed happily. “We are still getting married.”
“Bailey?” Skylar clearly said from behind me.
I stiffened.
“Hey girl, what’s with the bags? You moving in with Chase already?”
I held my breath, unsure of what she was about to say.
“Is the apartment above your shop still available?”
Everyone stopped talking.
The music died down.
Gunner and King stiffened as Bailey looked from me to Skylar. I watched as my brother’s woman’s eyes narrowed, as she clearly said, “Yeah, doll. It’s still available.”
“I would like to move in tonight. I will only need it for a few weeks. I’ve already found a house in town for me and Cameron.”
Bailey slowly extricated herself from King’s embrace as she looked once more from Skylar to me, before nodding. “Come on, Skylar. I’ll take you myself.”
“I’ll help,” Scribe sneered, picking up her bags as he glared furiously at me.
