Chapter 175

Emma’s POV

The person I was at Chase’s house wasn’t the regular me.

I was feeling a million things and I wanted anything, anything at all, that would make me feel even just a bit better.

Being that close to him, saying everything I said was a new feeling.

My heart was racing and my throat constantly ran dry.

“Can I admit something I think of sometimes?” I asked Chase.

“Yes.” He said, really enthusiastically. I thought to myself if he’d be that hyped up if he knew what was on my mind, but since I’d concluded that I’d stop keeping stuff I thought to just myself, I said it. “You might not be too enthusiastic if you knew the shit that’s about to fly out of my mouth.”

“Come on, Em.” He said. “I don’t fancy when you refer to yourself that way.”

“Okay, okay.” I said, putting my hands up in surrender. “What if Gray and Lily weren’t there?” I asked him.

Chase looked at me, for about ten seconds, his bright blue eyes were beginning