Thief by Chantal Fernando

Author:Chantal Fernando [Fernando, Chantal]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
Publisher: Fernando Publishing
Published: 2015-10-13T04:00:00+00:00

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I figure jeans is the best option, so I wear blue skinny jeans with a black top. He arrives ten minutes early, and I open the door to his dimpled smile.

“You look beautiful,” he says, offering me his hand. I take it, and he leads me to his expensive-looking black car and opens the passenger side door for me.

“Thank you,” I say before sliding in.

He gets in the driver’s seat and grins at me. “Your house is amazing.”

“Your car is amazing.”

“I didn’t know where you’d want to eat,” he says as we reverse out of my driveway. “The Vi I know would have said ‘fries, lots of fries,’ but I’d think your tastes would be a little different now.”

“Oh, I still love fries,” I tell him. “But maybe as a side, next to a steak or something.”

“Excellent,” he says then reaches over and touches my thigh. “Tell me everything about your life, from the moment your car drove away to right now.”

“Why don’t we first address the two elephants in the room, one named Vanessa,” I say, looking down at his hand on my thigh. “Because I’m really fucking confused right now. And the second, being the whole losing contact thing.

He removes his hand and winces. “I broke up with her on Saturday night. She cried, a lot, which is why I didn’t come back. She cried on Sunday too, and was making a big deal about it, so I was trying to calm her down.”

My eyes widen at that. “Why did you tell her you wanted to break up with her?”

I don’t really know how to take this information. Am I happy he’s single? Yes. Do I necessarily like that he saw me then dumped his girlfriend that same night and possibly broke her heart? No. Can Dash win in this situation? No.

“We weren’t serious or anything,” he explains, fingers tightening on the steering wheel. “That was the first night she’d even met any of my friends, and we’d only been seeing each other a few months. What are the chances the one night I decide to let her meet my friends, you show up?”

“Pretty low,” I reply, cringing. “What a clusterfuck.”

“I don’t care, Vi. What’s the point of me being with her, when as soon as I saw you, I knew I had to be with you? No one compares. Staying with her would have just hurt her more in the long run,” he says, returning his hand to my thigh. “And as for the losing contact thing, yeah, I guess I’m slightly fucking pissed, because it felt like you didn’t give a shit.”

“Of course I gave a shit,” I say quickly. “I’ve never stopped caring about you, Dash.”

He looks straight ahead and says, “After we lost Max, you let me go as well. Almost like you wanted a fresh start, and I was just a reminder of what life was like when we had Max with us. You just fucking let go, Vi. I get Max was everything to you, but I should have meant something to you too.

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