Chapter 75

Stephanie

The day of our date was finally here, Jake had been extremely secretive about it, I had tried to get him to tell me what it was but he didn’t say anything, he would just continue to tease me until eventually I stopped asking.

My stomach was full of both nerves and excitement, I just didn’t know what to expect. Although we had been alone together in the apartment, I was just very aware that we were going to be together and alone. This date was going to decide the future of our relationship and although I knew he had changed and been respectful we can’t stay in our little bubble any longer.

I had forgiven him already, ultimately, he needed to forgive himself, we needed to find a way to start our relationship at the same level, equals. He may still be my hero rescuing me from so many things that I had struggled with, looking after Jess, my horrible landlady and Carter. I wasn’t blind to the help he had given me. I just didn’t want it to feel like the reason we were together was