Chapter 176

Chase’s POV

“Fuck!” I didn’t understand why Emma was in such a rush to get away from me.

We literally were just unloading our hearts content to each other. Was she bored? Tired of me? Did she see something that triggered her? She wasn’t even with her phone. I’d have concluded that she got some type of news.

Two days after my dad’s anniversary dinner, and I was still in Starry, against my own will.

Having sworn to leave town, immediately after the dinner, with all traces of me gone if Emma didn’t come into my life, I surprised myself.

For every single thing I thought could never be, life kept sending it my way.

Emma and I had sorted our issues, but she wasn’t speaking to me.

I woke up as early as 6:00am, checking my phone for texts from her constantly, and there were none.

I wondered what I did to deserve the cold treatment again.

It’s one thing to be in someone’s bad books, it’s another thing not to know why.

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