Chapter Six

“Gavin, can I stay here for a few days,” Sacha nervously asked, after finally taking her own bath too and coming out wrapped in one of Gavin`s extra towels.

He first looked surprised by the request. Sacha understood why…they were...well...still strangers who only met just last night and woke up married. Now she was asking to stay with him too!

“Its just until we deal and sort out the whole Vegas marriage thing,” She quickly added,

“Also I don’t live in this state. I only actually came here for a vacation break. However I cannot use my bank card and I also cannot go back, to the hotel I had booked-“She found herself now rambling nervously,

“I understand and you can stay as long as you need,” Gavin intervened, with a reassuring smile, causing Sacha to stop rambling and sigh in relief.

“Thank you and also do you have anything I could wear? I don’t yet have my bag and things,” Sacha also asked, not wanting to repeatedly wear the now worn-out black lacey party dress. She hoped Mandy would send her stuff soon. 

As soon as she spoke that, Gavin quickly left and came back minutes later holding some female clothes.

“I borrowed them from my downstairs neighbor, extra clothes left by her daughter who moved out,” Gavin added as he handed them to her.

“Thanks!” Sacha thanked him while accepting the light blue jeans, white tank top, and a cute-looking female leather jacket.

After changing, she went to go search for Gavin and he was in the small kitchen busy rummaging through the cabinets.

“What you doing,” She curiously asked,

“I thought I would find something to cook for you but seems I forgot to grocery shop,” He replied looking bothered that he could not give her anything to eat.

“You know what, let’s go eat out instead,” He suggested grabbing some keys from the table and motioning for her to follow him.

But before leaving through the door, he surprised her as he stopped, and waited for her to go out first like a gentleman.

As they walked downstairs, it was easy for Sacha to notice that the kind of place and environment that Gavin lived in was not like the ones she had grown up used to.

She could even see paint peeling off some walls, broken rails, and overcrowded small rooms as they passed by the other apartments.

It was totally different from her life of mansions to fancy penthouses and lots of staff doing her family's bidding.

This place was the kind of place that her mother would not even dare step foot in unless she was accompanied by bodyguards and if it would get her some good press.

But for Sacha, here she was just a normal person and strangely she was loving it. Plus the peace and quiet of not having her family hovering over her or company duties keeping her busy. Gavin led her to the small parking place and Sacha first stood frozen as she saw him head for a black and red colored motorbike.

“Um are we riding that?” She apprehensively asked,

Gavin nodded while taking and bringing over one of the helmets for her.

“I have never ridden one before,” Sacha said again,

“Are you scared?” Gavin instead teased with a daring look in those alluring grey eyes of his.

“No I am not,” Sacha strongly replied with a fierce look, not one to back away from a challenge.

“Well if you are…just hold on to me,” Gavin instead whispered right into her, leaving sweet Goosebumps tickling her skin.

Then he handed the helmet to her.

Before she could reply, he was already on the motorbike wearing his own helmet too. Sacha quickly put on the one in her hand, then she walked over and cautiously got on too.

She could not believe that she was about to do this, ride a freaking motorbike!

As soon as the engine sound started, the first thing Sacha found herself doing was wrapping her hands very tightly around Gavin.

“Oh Lord, don’t let me die.” She found herself thinking and wondering what she had got herself into.  But then she felt Gavin`s large hand wrap around her small one with a reassuring squeeze before he returned to the handles.

Then they started moving heading for the road and she had her eyes closed at first, expecting a horribly uncomfortable experience.

But all she felt was a smooth ride and motion.

She quickly opened her eyes, realizing that it was really not that scary after all.

As they now rode in an empty road with fewer cars around, she untangled her hands from holding on to Gavin. She was now instead greatly enjoying the ride, the adrenaline rush to the blazing wind beating against her hands whenever she extended them.

She felt free.

She found herself not wanting this ride to end.

But end it did as a little Diner appeared as if out of nowhere, with Gavin heading and parking there.

Once parked, he got off and helped her get off too.

“So how was it,” he anxiously asked, worried that she might have been uncomfortable. Being her first ride and all,

“I…I Loved it!” Sacha excitedly answered after having the helmet off. She was totally going to buy her own and learn to ride back home. But as she thought that, she almost laughed as she imagined the look that would be on her mother`s face if she found out that her daughter was now riding motorbikes.

“Good,” Gavin replied looking proud and surprising her with a sweet kiss on the forehead,

“This is my mother`s favorite place to eat out,” He told her as they started walking, to the small charming little diner.

“Why?” Sacha curiously asked,

“It’s where she first met the love of her life while working as a waitress,” Gavin answered, while also taking her hand into his.

Sacha found herself invaded by unfamiliar butterfly feelings, as they walked into the diner, hand in hand like a real couple.