Chapter Eighteen

The drive home felt like it had taken twice as long as the drive there.

"I can't wait to get these shoes off," I said, cutting through the silence.

He reached for my hand and gave it a gentle squeeze. We pulled up to the gate and entered the pin to open it, so we could finish the drive to the house. Some of the lights were still on so I assumed Jax had taken over surveillance.

We walked through the house to the surveillance room and were surprised to see Chase still watching the screens.

"Where's Jax?" I asked Chase.

He turned to us and shrugged his shoulders and said, "I guess his date went well."

"Ugh, eew!"

Liam didn't bother to hide his chuckle. "I can take over, so you can go home and rest," Liam offered as he placed his hand on Chase's shoulder.

I understood that we all have personal lives, but I was aggravated with Jax. Chase had just lost the love of his life and he promised to be back here to take over surveillance. I had never known