Chase Me Home (Bridge to Abingdon) by Tatum West

Author:Tatum West [West, Tatum]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Written Rainbow Publishing
Published: 2019-02-18T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Zane

Elias’ knees buckle underneath him. He collapses in my arms, moaning, trying to get enough air into his lungs to feed cells.

Elias rolls onto his back, holding my hand in his as he stares up at the ceiling. “What are you doing to me, Zane? I never imagined any of this.”

“I’m reminding you of what matters.”

He scoffs. “I guess I’m getting a lot of those reminders recently.” His eyes catch mine for a second. Uncharacteristically, he squeezes my hand and pulls me in close.

I can’t help but feel privileged that Elias is letting me into his life like this, that he’s taking chances he never did before—that he’s allowing himself to feel. It’s hard when you’re different, and as I get to know Elias, I know he’s always been different, everywhere he went. He was always the smartest person in the room, and his brain was working light years beyond everyone else’s. I think he’s starting to see how beautiful that his brain and soul both are, now that he sees them reflected in Zoe.

“I am too,” I say. And I mean it.

I’m reminding him what matters in life. It’s not all spreadsheets and accounting. It’s not algorithms and code. It’s sweat and art and pain and ecstatic pleasure. It’s messy and awkward, alive with experience and love and risk. Most of all, it’s rich with fear, disappointment, and sheer bliss.

“What are you doing with me?”

“I don’t know, but I know it’s good,” I whisper behind his ear, hugging him tight around his chest, shifting my hip just so until Elias moans in my grasp. “I’d rather be here, with you and your complicated world than with the sycophants in New York, or anywhere else for that matter.”

Elias softens beneath me, every muscle relaxing, giving way. He pours onto the bed, his body spent, skin glistening with beads of sweat.

“I don’t understand,” he says, breathless, rolling onto his back, peering up at me. “Why?”

“Because you’re way more interesting than anything else I’ve come across,” I say, dropping in next to him, propping up on an elbow so I can see him clearly, so I can appreciate how beautiful he is. “Because I think I’ve always wanted you. I think I’ve been waiting my whole life to get a chance to convince you to see me. And I get to witness you seeing yourself, fully, maybe for the first time.”

Elias blinks, eyes focusing on me. He raises his hand, touching my face with the backs of his fingers. “I see you,” he says softly. “I don’t deserve you. You’re way too good for me. I don’t think I’m the man you make me out to be—and I don’t think I’m seeing myself at all.”

I can’t help but laugh. “You’re not half the asshole you make yourself out to be. You just haven’t figured it out yet. Everyone needs the time and grace to figure that out.”

Elias lets a long pause sink in between the two of us. He’s still staring at the ceiling, his blue-gray eyes impassive.

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