Chapter 33

Needing to put some distance between them, Elena took a step backwards, “Everyone is waiting for us,” she told him, “Let’s go,”

Then she left him standing there and walked towards his car. Chandler noticed she’d also left her luggage for him and he grabbed it, gladly in fact, because just watching her walk away was worth it in his books. She might not have forgiven him, but they were a step closer to that if he played his cards right.

And God bless Lexi for her decision to make her ride in his car. One more point for his future sister in law.

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The silence in the car was deafening…so quiet you could hear a pin drop if not for the soft purring from the car. It wasn’t an awkward silence either, more like they didn’t know how to begin to say what needed to be said. Elena sat facing the window with her arms wrapped around her body. Her legs remained stiff against each other, and she looked like she’d rather be anywhere else but there with him. Her short sundres