Chapter 67

REESE

"Dating?!” She echoed, almost incredulous.

I nodded firmly, sincerity furrowing my brows. I was dead serious. I wanted her to be mine so badly that I was running impatient by the second.

"I don’t know, Reese.” She shook her head, her voice low and laced with uncertainty. “A week won’t change anything.”

My heart sank in disappointment, but I wasn't just going to give up like that! I must make her mine!

My grip on my waist tightened, and my eyes searched hers intently. “What if it does? What if it gives us a chance to figure things out? To see if this—"I gestured between us—"is worth fighting for?”

Something flickered in her eyes. Hope perhaps? But it quickly disappeared as soon as it came.

The hope was unbearable, and I wanted to reach out, grab hold of that hope, and cling to it as tightly as if I were clinging to dear life. But she was making things difficult if she kept pushing me away.

“And what happens when the week is over?” she asked, her voice trembling. “What if it just