What?
“Are you serious?” Surely, he can’t be…
“Yes.”
“What the hell, Hayden? I can’t do that.” I exclaim. I take a second to breathe and sort out my thoughts. “Not only because that’s not my choice to make but also because we don’t even know each other that well.”
“I’m giving you the power to make the choice,” he tries reasoning with me but I’m not budging - he’s talking crazy!
“No.” I cross my arms, needing the stability to keep from shaking. Being close to him, hearing his words… it’s too much for my heart to handle. His offer is too tempting, but I need to be strong. More importantly, I need to seem like I’m unbudgeable.
“Fine. Answer this one question, truthfully, and I promise to leave you alone.”
I nod for him to continue, curious as to what he’ll say next.
“In a perfect world, where you could get anything you wanted without any consequences, would you want me to be living in Chicago?”
The sneaky bastard went the long way around just to get to the same place. I release a breath as I consider telling him the truth or pushing him even further into the dark.
With his crystal blue eyes and his tousled hair, he’s striking. His tight-fitting t-shirt with his tree-trunk thighs make him sex on legs. But our connection is more than that, deeper. It’s as if our souls are two sides of the same coin. He’s the yin to my yang, and now that I know what I’ve been missing for so long… how could I go back to living without it. Without him.
“Yes.” My voice whispers through my lips, uncertain that it’s the right call.
