Lahat ng Kabanata ng To Love Again: Kabanata 81 - Kabanata 90

Chloe made more noise than a hurricane as she rushed down the stairs with her bag in one hand and her six inch tall shoes in the other. For someone who was already tall, it was interesting how she never wore anything other than heels.“I’m late. I’m late. I’m so damn late,” she muttered as she skidded into the kitchen.I was leaning against the counter, sipping coffee and reading a recipe draft on my tablet. She glanced at me, then did a double-take.“You’re dressed.”“I am.” I said with a small smile.She narrowed her eyes at me as she shoved her arm into the sleeve of her coat. “That's suspicious. Didn't you say y'all found a replacement and you don't have to go to work anymore? What are you going to do?"I laughed. Suspicious indeed. "I'm not going to work.”"Then where?” Obviously impatient, but not willing to leave without knowing where I was going."I'm meeting Layla.”Her eyes bulged. "Layla as in Layla Freeman? Same Layla that we ran into a couple nights ago?”"Same same.” I r

Jordan gave me 20 minutes to get dressed before leaving. I took almost 40 minutes. What kind of woman would I be If I got ready under the exact time he gave?Downstairs, Chloe sat at the dining table hard at work. She wore an oversized shirt over black biker shorts, and drew her knees up to her chin as she typed furiously on her laptop. Her natural blond hair was up in a messy bun, and she wore her wire rimmed glasses which she'd hated since she first got them in senior year, high school. She looked hot as hell! She took her eyes off work, and turned her attention to me briefly when I got downstairs.“Hey, beautiful."“Hey, beautiful." I returned with a smile.“You look good."I did a 360 spin for her and she hooted and whistled. I was wearing a simple floral dress that was snatched at the top, and flowed regally to my knees from beneath my bust. It was simple and classy.“Thanks. Where's Jordan?"“In the kitchen." She said, pointing with her finger. “He offered to make breakfast.”We

After that initial awe had worn off, excitement took over. I wanted to see the entire place!I walked to the middle of the room, spun around, and shouted, “This is mine! I own this building!”My voice echoed off the walls, and Jordan laughed.“Damn right you do.”He spun me around in the center of the empty room and our laughter filled the air.We didn't go straight home. We went to a park filled with noisy children and lovesick teenagers. The place was livelier than usual, and although it took some teasing, Jordan finally dropped his almighty Kingston cap and joined in the fun.He joined me on the rollercoaster ride and laughed heartily while I screamed. He liked it so much that he went for a second ride when I got off the ride. He said he hadn't done anything like it since he was a child.We ran around the park charging bubbles and trying to pop them. Later, we simply sat on the floor, with me lying back against his chest and him wrapping me in his giant arms.By the time that we fi

“Chloe!" I chirped sunnily with a smile and a meaningful glare directed at her. She'd better keep her mouth in check.She rolled her eyes at me. “I didn't know we were having a reunion." She said with sarcasm dripping from every word.Layla laughed before bringing the coffee mug to her lips. “Good morning to you too, Chloe."Chloe turned a false smile in her direction before taking out a mug and pouring herself some coffee.“You're welcome." Layla said, raising her mug and pointing to the coffeemaker.It took a moment for Chloe to understand, but when she did, she simply snorted. “It's my coffeemaker after all. Doesn't matter who brewed the coffee one day, I bought the goddamn thing with my money.”“I didn't say otherwise. Now, now, Chloe darling, you and I are going to have to find a middle ground soon. After all, we're going to be seeing each other a lot more over the course of the next few weeks.That's right. I'd taken her up on her offer to help with the planning of the grand ope

The seconds stretched unbearably as the doctor walked toward us. I blinked my eyes open as Jordan's hand closed over mine. I looked at the doctor again. His face was set in a somber expression that seemed to do nothing more than scare me even more. I clung to Jordan’s hand, feeling every muscle in my body go taut, and feeling my heart pounding so hard against my ribs that it hurt visibly.But just as the doctor was a few feet away from us, he made a slight turn, shifting his direction at the last second, and approached another family sitting by the far wall. I saw them huddle together as they listened to whatever the doctor had come to say.I stared. Oh God I'd thought that he was coming to us. I'd half expected him to come and blurt out some terrible news. Oh my God! He wasn't here for us, and even the family he was speaking to didn't seem to be shattered by whatever news he was giving to them.I let out a shaky breath I hadn't realized I was holding. My body sagged against Jordan's