Chapter 167

Chase’s POV

I had tried everything I could think of to stop Emma from lurching at Kevin.

It would have killed me to see it, and I didn’t just understand why she wasn’t getting me.

It’s something I just didn’t think I could stand at that point.

We’d been making progress before he butted in.

I didn’t care if he was there by invitation, or if he fell from the sky, I just wanted him out and gone.

“I dare say you put yourself in this, Em.” I replied to her.

“Chase, you don’t get to analyze this situation.” She replied, tired. “Remotely or directly, you put all of us here in this position.”

“I’m not even going to try to deny all these. I know I did and I’m trying to fix it. I don’t understand why you’d bring him, I don’t understand why he’s in the room, why he’s part of this. I want to talk to you without him around. I want us to be the way we were before. Is that so much to ask for?” I asked her.

“You’re just making matters mor