All Chapters of Carter: Chapter 81 - Chapter 90

Over the next week I began making preparations for the weekend away. Logans birthday was on Saturday. I made the drive up to Seastead on Friday night. Jack had booked a hotel room for me. It took everything in me not to tell Logan where I was. I needed to surprise him. Jack messaged me their address and I drove over there on Saturday morning. The house was more like a mansion. I could not believe the size of the place. I was standing outside marveling at the structure in front of me when Jack appeared. “Leah, I'm so glad you could make it.” He was standing in front of me smiling with a gorgeous, tall woman at his side. “Leah, this is Chelsea. Chelsea this is Leah.” She stepped forward and held out her arms to hug me. “So, you are the one who has my son in a twist. You really have captured his heart.” I accepted the hug, “I feel the same, he truly has captured my heart as well.” They welcomed me into their home. We took a seat in the enormous living area. “So, Le

As 4pm approached I decided to head for a shower. I made sure I took my phone with me in case Jack or Chelsea messaged me. As I finished, I found Logan sat on his laptop on the bed working hard. I leant in the doorway watching him in awe of his dedication. He looked up to find me staring at him. “See something you like?” I nodded, biting my bottom lip. “A sexy, hot lawyer.” “Hmm,” he smiled. A notification pinged on his laptop and his eyes shot back to his screen and his brow furrowed as he was reading something. “Is there anything I can do to distract you from that laptop?” It took a moment for him to respond, “Sorry, something has come up. We may need to postpone.” I knew I was losing him to work. athe furrowed brow said everything, whatever the ping was, it wasn't good news. And I knew that it wouldn’t be too long until the car arrived. I had to get ready and get him off his laptop somehow. I made a quick decision and dropped my towel. “Are you sure about that?”

I took a step back and watched him walk away. I watched, over the next hour, as he interacted with all the people in the room apart from me. He was happy, he smiled, laughed, and joked with everyone there. He left me standing alone with nothing but daggers every time he looked my way. I couldn’t help but feel rejected by him at that moment and it brought up flashbacks. I felt like I was drowning suddenly, and I needed air. This feeling was all too familiar. I found my way out of the back of the house and into the garden. I took a deep breath and held my head up towards the sky. I could feel tears rising inside me. No matter how much I tried to settle myself, I was struggling to contain the tears and my feelings. I felt a hand on my shoulder that made me jump. I spun on my heels to find Jack standing there. “Are you alright Leah?” I shook my head, tears spilling out. He wrapped me in his arms. “I’m sorry, this was our idea. I had no idea he would react like this with you. I wil

I found myself out of bed packing my bags. I changed into some clothes and packed enough clothes for several weeks. I had no idea where I was going or what I was going to do but I needed space, I needed time to myself to figure out what I wanted. I needed time away from everyone and everything around me. I messaged my boss asking for emergency leave and told them I was happy to take it unpaid if necessary. I only asked for a week and thought I would figure the rest out after then. They accepted and told me they would use my holidays for it. I messaged Abigail to tell her I was taking an emergency vacation. She wanted to know what was going on, but I told her I would explain everything when I was back. I locked up my house, put the bags in the boot of my car and started driving. I found myself travelling south. There was a small town I passed through in the early hours and stopped to ask for directions to the nearest hotel. When I found it, I booked a room for the night and curled u

We spent an unknown amount of time sitting in silence. Every time it looked like one of us had something to say we decided against it. It took a while longer before he broke the silence. “I still love you.” His voice was low and shaky. I looked up at him to find him looking down at the glass in his hand. In that moment, the last bits of anger I felt towards him melted away. He had a hold on me that I was scared of. How many times could he hurt me, and I would just forgive him. I shook my head and sighed. “I love you too.” “Please don’t say too, it makes it sound like you are agreeing with me.” It was at that moment I realized on his wrist was the bracelet I had brought for his birthday. I had managed to get in engraved in time with my initials on the underside of the Celtic silver plate. The leather strap fitted around his wrist perfectly. He noticed I was staring at his wrist. “You got my present?” I asked shyly. “Yes, firstly, I want to say thank you. You didn’t have t