Just for the Summer (Chasing Carolina #0.5) by Danielle Jamie Read Free Book Online Page B

loves it when I stare at her; I can see it in her eyes as she stares back at me. She’s like an open book, revealing everything she’s feeling in those beautiful blue eyes.
    “I wanted to see if maybe we could go somewhere and talk.”
    Pushing myself off of the island, I walk towards her and grab the door handle. “Sure, let’s go outside.”
    Becca is grabbing Parker’s hand, leading him into the living room as Ashlynn follows me out onto the wraparound deck. It looks like they’re going to do some talking too, or maybe not so much talking…but things are looking up for us, so that’s a plus.
    As soon as I shut the door, Ashlynn follows me to the railing of the deck and stares down at the dark beach. Standing next to her, I rest my forearm on the banister and face towards her. I have an overwhelming urge to touch her, so I reach out and run my hand slowly down her back.
    “So what did you want to talk about?”
    Spinning, she gazes up at me with her face glowing in the porch light, making her beautiful face appear angelic. She’s so damn gorgeous.
    “I wanted to talk to you about you…us. I really like you, and I think you like me, or at least I thought you did.”
    How can she even doubt that? I thought I made it pretty clear yesterday I liked her.
    She lets out a soft sigh before continuing. I don’t dare interrupt her, since she’s finally talking to me again. “You’re so hard to read…God…I know I’m rambling. It’s just…yesterday was so much fun, and then I saw you with that other girl and I didn’t know if I was imagining everything between us.”
    I need to hold her, show her my feelings for her are real. Reaching out, I wrap my arms around her waist and pull her to me. At first, she keeps her hands down at her sides and just stares up at me with her big blue eyes sparkling.
    “You weren’t imagining anything, Ashlynn. I really like you…I think more than I’ve liked any girl. It’s pretty crazy and making me question my sanity, because I find myself thinking about you every single second of the day.”
    I can’t believe I’m really saying all of this to her. I think hell froze over the day I met Ashlynn, because just in the matter of three days, I’ve turned into a totally different person.
    “Is that so?” she asks with laughter in her sweet, soft voice. “If you like me so much, what were you doing with that girl last night?”
    Ahh, hell. I was a dumbass for thinking I wouldn’t have to confess I’d messed up.
    I inhale deeply and then exhale slowly as I try to think of the best way to go about this without Ashlynn getting pissed off, kneeing me in the balls, and then hauling ass back to her house.
    “I fucked up. Plain and simple. After y’all left last night, the guys wanted to go out, so we texted some girls we’d met the night before. It was stupid. The truth is I wanted to go out with you last night, but I didn’t want to come off as overeager, because we all know girls love it when guys play hard to get.” I give her a devilish smirk and relax a bit as she smiles back up at me and finally wraps her arms around my waist.
    Holding her in my arms feels perfect. We feel perfect.
    “Well, playing hard to get does work, Chase, but there’s a difference between leaving me wanting to see you again, and just being a plain asshole, going out with another girl, and making me never want to see you again.”
    “What about you and Mr. ‘Ain’t I just irresistible with my British fuckin’ accent’?” I’m feeling defensive and don’t think before speaking like usual. I mentally cringe as soon as my question comes out, but damn, she’s pissing me off.
    I’m a guy for Christ’s sake. We’re bound to mess up. We will definitely not just mess up once or twice, but a whole hell of a lot of the time. We’ll do more shit wrong than we ever do right, but that’s just life. Women just have to learn to accept that and find a way to like us anyway, because there’s no