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One Last Chase Epilogue I
Six months laterA week after Bryce’s proposal, which was two weeks after they got back together, they tied the knot in a solemn ceremony surrounded by the people close to them. Even her estranged father was present to send her to the aisle in their garden wedding. Tripp, Kayden, and Dax were closer than before. Cleighry was doing great, profits were twice as before. Grandpa Matt and Lotus were Charleigh’s constant companions at home when Bryce was at the shop. She even joined them in fishing many times.Charleigh landed a graphic design job at his father’s firm. She was also taking up a master’s degree online. Her condition to work at home got her father’s approval. She never thought her life would be perfect, and Bryce was nothing but loving, sweet, thoughtful, and sometimes could be an annoying and controlling husband. Still, they ended up spooning together in their bed. She couldn’t complain, though, because she saw at hand how he loved her and wanted to give her the life she tr
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Charleigh shut her eyes closed and breathed deeply. “Bryce, get out!” She pointed at the door.“What? I’ll be staying with you no matter what. That’s a promise I can’t break, baby. I can’t leave you like this. Your pain is my pain. Suck it up because I am staying. We’re in this together. We promised that no matter what, through highs and lows—”“Shut the fuck up. I said get out!” Charleigh yelled at him, tears falling like streams. Her chin trembled. No matter how much strength Bryce had given her, she couldn’t watch him like he was about to fall apart in pain.“Bryce, I think you have to listen to your wife. You have to trust us. I promise we will take care of her.” The doctor looked apologetic, waiting for him to leave.Bryce nodded helplessly, his chin trembling. He then looked down at her sweaty and exhausted wife. “Stay strong, Charleigh, for our baby, for Clary, and me, please? I love you so much.” He kissed her pale lips. Tears fell from his eyes to Charleigh’s face. “You can d
Last Updated : 2025-01-08One Last Chase Prologue - One More Tripp
Three years agoEyes wide, Tripp Wrylee jolted to sit on the bed, surveying the surroundings. He was in his hotel room, still wearing the same clothes he put on last night.After he and his best friend, Kayden Braxton closed a deal, he invited Dax Easton for a drink at the club, for old time’s sake, who happened to be there with his relatives.A surge of fear pushed his confusion back to the time he had left to prepare. It was his big day after all. Fuck. What time was it?He grabbed his phone from the nightstand to find the battery drained. He tossed his clothes on the bed and grabbed a new white shirt— He didn’t have much time to change his pants and rushed to the bathroom to wash his face and brush his teeth, ignoring his throbbing temples. He then grabbed his suit jacket draped on the chair before he headed out toward the elevator.He groaned softly when the elevator suddenly turned into like the slowest fucking thing ever invented. The fact that he didn’t know what time it was, h
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The city lights were majestic as they started to appear behind the glass window in his office in one of the skyscrapers. Tripp Wrylee was a piece of work, self-absorbed, relentless, and a pain in the ass.In his five years as the CEO of Braxton & Wrylee Associates, he worked his ass off to make a name for himself and to prove to his father that he belonged in the industry.Sometimes, he forgot the world outside—he came early for work and went home late. He took all the clients even if he had to cross the line, just like what he did to his sister, Charleigh. He was one of those people whose career meant more than anything to them, that career was their life.Until a few weeks ago, when he laid an eye on his nephew for the first time—when he saw how happy his sister was—when he heard that name again. He realized how much he missed the feeling of being loved, of being relevant outside the four corners of his office. Just the way how Bryce Chase looked at Charleigh was nostalgic—it was in
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“You’re driving in the middle of the night?” Charleigh’s voice echoed in his car. The smile on her voice was palpable. “Is there something new, Tripp?”“Why are you still awake?” He stole a glance at the digital dashboard clock—it was almost one in the morning.“I changed nappy for Nash. Bryce needs to wake up early. We got a load of cupcakes to bake. Orders from the mayor’s tea party.” Tripp didn’t miss the sarcasm at the end of her words.“I’m on my way.”“You’re coming over?” She shrieked, sounding happy and surprised.“Why do you sound so surprised? You don’t miss me?”“I missed you.” Charleigh must be rolling her eyes now. “I thought you were coming over at the end of this month. Is there something wrong?”“Can’t I just come over to play and have fun with my nephew?”“It doesn’t sound like the Tripp Wrylee I once knew from the firm. Doesn’t a CEO supposed to have tons of things to do than driving over to a small town?”“Now who is judgmental, Charleigh? Should I turn the car arou
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She was exhausted. For her last shift of this week, Arizona Sky was already dreaming of snoring in her bed, but she couldn’t speed up with a truck that already had a place in the junk shop. It was her dad’s. She let her father lend her a car to visit her aunt in the other town.Then her daydreaming was interrupted by Old Bob’s group of flock passing by the street. She remembered Old Bob hired a new and inexperienced shepherd. Then an ear-splitting squealing brake followed by the crumbling in the weeds caught her attention.As a nurse, her instant action was to call an ambulance, but then, she was already jumping out of the truck toward the car before she even realized it.The man was already beside the road, breathing heavily as he leaned on his knees, throwing curse after curse. He was wearing a white shirt, sleeves rolled up his elbows, too fancy to be working at the local firm, and his pants were too perfect on his strong thighs. Ari noticed it right away.With a hard swallow, Ari
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“And I’m actually in a hurry. I forgot that I left my door open. My cat would probably go out if I can’t get back sooner,” she lied. She was allergic to a cat’s dander. She smiled sweetly to Charleigh and stole a glance at Tripp who looked mightier in his blue shirt, it should be illegal.Surprisingly, he was smiling at her—wickedly. Unfortunately, Tripp knew about her allergy. She fought hard the urge not to smile back despite how contagious it was that her stomach fluttered.“Well.” Charleigh sensed something was off. Ari knew she didn’t buy her excuse. “Then the least I could do is to offer you coffee and cupcakes.”That, she couldn’t resist. Charleigh was already grabbing a medium box, while Diane, the cashier started pouring coffee into a large cup.After she grabbed the box and the coffee, she thanked Charleigh. “You don’t have to do this. Here, in this town, we helped everyone in need.” It was ridiculous. Not so true.The fact that she left Tripp alone in the middle of the road
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“That’s for touching me without my permission. The moment you left me that day, you cut the right to touch me.” She pointed her finger on his face.Tripp was watching her closely, eyes flickering to hers, down her plump lips.“And you can’t just come over and talk to me like you own me. We were over, Tripp. What we had are far long gone. And yeah, I’m not married, but it doesn’t mean that I sent myself to become a nun, or I’ve been waiting for you.” She looked at him from head to toe.Tripp was more confident than before — overconfident and more gorgeous than ever, but he was also a self-absorbed bastard.“I don’t have to get married to satisfy my needs. I am sure you’re also not a saint. And I slept with men who didn’t leave me after they got what they wanted.”Tripp was still rooted in his place as he watched Ari walk away from him. He felt his chest squeezed painfully, and the fact that he might have gotten a first-degree burn, but every inch of his body ached, including his dick a
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Having a hard time processing the gratitude, Ari drank her wine in a gulp.“I don’t deserve the kindness you give to me,” Tripp continued. “What I deserve is resentment from you, Ari. Please, tell me if I am doing this wrong. If you want me to change. I’ll do everything for you, for us.”“You talk too much.” She knelt, cupped his head, and kissed him hard, wet, and wild. Her tongue was forcefully seeking an entrance.When Tripp didn’t give it to her, she tugged his bottom lip until he opened for her with a groan. She knew Tripp wanted to say more, but she wanted him to stop—he’d been trying too hard for them to make this work, and he deserved a reward of some sort.And she had to stop him because if she didn’t, she might end up blurting out the words at the tip of her tongue right now.She was the kind of woman who thought before she put it into action, but with Tripp, her mind was busy thinking how good she would feel underneath him, on top of him, against him, behind him, in all ang
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“Don’t you wanna join me?” Her eyes lingered on the growing dark brown stubble of her husband. After they made love three days ago, she couldn’t help herself not to feel it against her fingertips. When she told him she liked the roughness against her skin, he kept it unshaven.He was an eye candy in his shorts. He might have felt Ari staring at him. His strong jaw locked hard, became more prominent from her angle. His mouth was pressed in a determined line as he chopped the bell pepper expertly like a chef.She knew Tripp used to control even when they made love. He liked to dominate and was always successful with little to no effort. Was there a time that Tripp had ever lost his control? She didn’t have to know for as long as he would lose control of her. She didn’t mind at all.“Are you just gonna stare at me?” His brow arched, reaching his hairline. His smile was meaningful—as if he just read her thoughts. “I thought you wanted to go to the dock.”“I’m going. Are you sure you don’t
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“Thank me later.” Charleigh kissed her on the cheek. “Open your trunk.”Tripp left to take the things he brought with Charleigh. When he came back with the duffel, Ari was already in the car. Once he was done, he went to the passenger’s seat.Ari’s hands were on the steering wheel as if she was about to say something but held the thought. Her emotion was making her weep, and she did not want to cry like an idiot.“You okay?” Tripp asked, still confused when Ari kept silent in her seat. “Look, if this is a bad idea, we can drive home. Forget this thing happened. I’m totally cool with it.”Ari looked at him for a few seconds before she cupped his head and kissed him like she always wanted. She drunk in the surprised gasp slipped from Tripp’s lips. His mouth opened to welcome her, and she devoured him, slipped her tongue, and tasted every corner of his mouth. His taste and coffee exploded in her tongue and she wished it would last.Tripp groaned and moaned as she sucked his bottom lip an
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“You scared the heck out of me.” Shell-shocked, she stared at Spencer with wide eyes, her palm on her chest.With the look on Spencer throwing at her, she didn’t have to be surprised—it was like everything was slowly clicking into its places. Spencer looked assertive as if she knew more than what she saw. She heard everything. She figured it out all by herself.Ari’s secret was over. Now she was in deep trouble.“Spence,” she said breathlessly, her heart still pounding.“I can’t say that I’m surprised.” She looked upset as she leaned against the locker. Her eyes filled with judgment.“I can explain.” She held Spencer’s arm.“Don’t tell me crap that this is not what it looks like, Ari because this is exactly what it looks like. Are you even planning on telling me?”“Of course, I was planning to—”“But, he told you not to tell any soul, right? Because for him, everything is just a game, a deal. You’re his pawn, and you know that. Yet you’re falling for his crap.”Her eyes widened again.
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Despite a lot of patients coming tonight from food poisoning at the birthday party going wrong, Ari was in a good mood to work long hours.The ER staff awwed with wide eyes that confused Ari before she heard a male voice behind her asking her name.“And that’s me. The Miss Arizona.” She laughed at herself before she turned around, giving the same reaction as her friends. “Wow! Where are you?” She managed to joke as she searched for the guy calling her name. She could not see anyone behind the huge bouquet of different flowers in red.The guy pushed the bouquet into her. “This is for you, miss.”Ari managed to hug the flowers, her back hitting the counter as air emptied her lungs because the bouquet weighed like twenty-five kilograms. Now she couldn’t see the face of the man. “Are you sure this is mine? There are probably twenty Arizona Sky in this town, you know.”“That’s for you, ma’am. The only Arizona Sky I am sure I know of is in Grand Canyon,” the delivery guy scoffed. “And this
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“Wow.” Ari stopped in the middle of her small dining room, scanning the surroundings as if she were brought to the five-star restaurant. “Did you ever rest?”Tripp had his way of making his marriage work even though his dinner date offer was turned down more than twice. Charleigh was at his disposal when he asked for help with the groceries.After two hours, he was cooking a simple lobster bisque, a side salad, and of course, Brice’s famous raspberry chocolate cupcakes.“Have a seat, beautiful.” He ushered her to the chair.“How did you make this possible?”“I have some help. Charleigh did me a solid.” He kissed the top of her head once she was seated.“I should change to something nice.” She suddenly felt shy with the candlelit, flower arrangement, and now that Tripp started to play jazz on his phone.“I’d rather have you naked for my dessert.” He smirked. “Your clothes are just fine. I just want to have dinner with you even though we have to spend it at home.”The words naked and de
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FuckHe was quicker on his feet, licking the juices around his mouth. “Does your dad have a key to your house?” Why did he have to ask? He didn’t know. He felt that they didn’t have privacy anywhere they went, even in her own home.“Stay here. Close the water and don’t move. Don’t make a noise,” she warned him. The panic in her voice was obvious. She quickly grabbed the towel from the rack and wrapped it around her body.She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. Before she could get out of the shower, Tripp cupped her face and kissed her hard, plunging his tongue into her mouth, swirled inside, and invaded to let her taste herself.Ari squirmed as her taste flooded her tastebud. She felt the hot liquid pooling between her thighs and she had to let go of a shuddering breath to ignore the ache.“Relax. You can’t hide this look from your father, Ari.” He gave her a quick kiss on her lips one more time before he let her go.“Thanks. You’re helping me a lot. And I bet I just stroked you
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“I-I don’t need to go.”Ari stared at him in shock, her heart beating so fast that might break out from her ribcage.“Fuck!”“Yeah, fart! Are you sure you’re okay? Did you just have chest pain?” She wanted to ask if he had a history of a panic attack or if he had a heart defect. She almost died in panic.For an ER nurse, what happened in the car was nothing compared to the cases she handled in the hospital every day. She’d handle and seen worse, but in Tripp’s case, it was different. He was her husband. Now she felt it in hand when wives panicked when their husbands collapsed in front of them.Tripp wiped off the sweat from his forehead while she increased the air condition in her car.“I thought I’d die.” He chuckled out of his stupidity. Jealousy was an ugly quality, but he couldn’t help it. The fact that he had the most beautiful wife, he wanted to make sure that no one would touch her but him.“And you think it was funny?” Her voice was filled with sarcasm and a hint of sadness.H
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Around seven, he went to the cake shop to buy some coffee and pastries that Ari loved.“Tripp, come on in.” Bryce pulled the door for him. “How’re your ribs?” There was something in the way he asked—something not so like him.Tripp sensed something mischievous. “Still cracked. Can you give me two cups of coffee?” Then he paused. He knew Ari liked coffee, but he didn’t know exactly what she preferred.“She preferred black.”“Right. Thanks.”“Apple cinnamon, brioche?”“Yeah. How much?”“On the house, Tripp.”Before Tripp could argue, something caught his eye outside the shop—his wife. His heartbeat accelerated just by a simple glance. Ari hadn’t noticed his presence since he was inside, and she wasn’t alone. His teeth almost cracked when he saw who she was with. The peaches fucking dude Tinsley. He knew he was being melodramatic.He felt a grip on his shoulder that he was sure it was Bryce. “Calm down.”“That guy is getting under my skin,” he said through gritted teeth, not looking at B
