Storm lay awake. Chase’s head was on her stomach and held her so tightly, and she played with his hair as he slept.Everything had been wild, the way Chase’s father lost his temper; she felt sad that Chase found it normal to be treated like that.Her throat closed at the thought of him getting beaten up and him thinking that it was okay; he had been treated like this his whole life.It made her blood boil that he let his father do this to him, and she could not forget how Kelsey had been so smug and enjoyed the treatment that she had gotten from his father.The following day, he dropped her off at her friend's, and she knew that his father wanted to talk to him alone without her.“He did what?” it was Meghan.“Yep, he beat him up pretty bad.”“What in the world is going on?” This time, it was Paige.“Everything is just not working out for us.”“His father is very intense; we have heard about him, and no one dares to go against his order,” Paige replied.“Yep, he won’t allow Chase to d
“GET UP!”Storm was panicked, it was Chase’s father and they stood up, ‘“YOU DON’T WALK AWAY FROM ME!”His father lunged at him, Chase was knocked to the ground and she could see that he was winded, his father came at him again and hit him.Chase was not trying to fight back but instead, he was taking the blows and she was panicking, this was not going to work.“Please stop.” She was worried when she saw blood on his lips and he was getting up all the time. When his father lunged again, she jumped and stood in front of Chase.His father hit her so hard that she hit a tree and her head was throbbing, Chase was next to her in a flash, “My love, are you okay.”She nodded,“Why would you do that?”“I can’t bear to see him hit you any longer.”She saw his father come again and Storm got up and covered Chase again the blow was hard and saw some blood on her.She did not know where she was bleeding, Chase was next to her, “Stop it Storm, I can handle him, but I can't bear him hurting you li
Storm was nervous, Chase’s father could be here on any given day, and that made her all the more sick.She was nervous to the point that she felt like vomiting, apparently, Kelsey would also be talking to him and at times she would come to rub it in her face with a facade in front of Chase.Today was the day, everyone knew he had arrived, he had such a huge role and now she was shaking in fear.She was seated with Meghan and Paige, her friends tried to calm her down but it was not working. Storm even hoped for Chase to say he changed his mind and would cancel.She started to get ready, Meghan and Paige were reassuring her and told her that everything is fine.“Are you ready?”Chase was looking her over,“Yes, is something wrong with my outfit?”“No, you look beautiful, back to my question, are you ready?”“What choice do I have?”“Don’t worry, I’m with you.”He took her hand and kissed it, they went to the restaurant at the back, it was a special reservation and when they walked in St
Storm made her way to his room and wanted to talk it out with Chase. Although her response to him had upset him, he still walked with her.He did not say anything, and when she talked to him, he would barely reply, and that made her very anxious.Storm wished she had lied, but he could read her easily, and if she refused to answer, that would have been the same thing. Not answering is an answer in itself.She went to the living room and sat close to him, “I’m sorry.”“For what?”“For saying yes.”“You told me the truth, I asked and hate being lied to, at least you were honest and that is great for our relationship to be built on trust.”“But what does that help with? If you’re so mad at me.”“It hurts, but why would you think I would get bored of you.”“When we did break up, you went to other girls and I thought you had grown tired of me.”“I never broke up with you just because I was bored.”“Then why go to other girls?”“I needed to forget, thinking about you was torture, and knowin
“Can I talk to you alone?”Storm turned to Jeremy. “Sure.”“We need to head back, anyway, we will catch up later.” This time it was Meghan.“Alright, I will see you guys later.”She followed Jeremy to a quiet place, “I wanted to ask if we could go out again?”“I can’t?”“Saturday?”“I’m back together with Chase, I’m sorry.”Jeremy looked hurt, but then it was replaced with being upset. “After all that he has done to you?”“I know but I love him.”“You love him? What does that solve?”“He also wants to be with me, no matter what he loses.”“I guess he will always win.”“What do you mean by that?”“He is the alpha, he has the looks, intensity, and everyone wants to be friends with him and I guess I stood no chance, did I?”“You would, the only reason that I went out with him was that he always was there for me and he pursued me.”“As if I can believe that.”“I swear Jeremy, I had no intention to be with him. I had liked Brian first, but that did not work out as I ended up with Chase.”“
Today Chase walked her to the lunch area, but he had to leave but wanted to make sure that there were people that could help her in case of an emergency.Storm sat as she waited for Paige and Meghan to arrive, but instead of them it was Kelsey who arrived looking as if she wanted to bite her head off.“You think you won?”Storm looked at Kelsey. “Sorry.”“You really think that Chase will give up everything for you?”“Well, he is now.”“You’re painfully naïve.”“I suppose.”“If you really loved Chase, you would not be ruining his childhood dream, his destiny and the path that he has to choose.”“Why are you telling me all this?”“It’s simple. Chase will resent you down the line for making him miss this chance.”“We will figure it out on our own.”Kelsey scoffed, “Not only are you naïve, but dumb, too.”“Are you done?”“Nope, just came to tell you that you should back off from him.”“I won’t do that.”“Time will tell. Wait till you meet his father.”She swallowed a lump, the way she had