All Chapters of One Last Chase: Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

“I said I’m fine.” She couldn’t convince Tripp she was fine. He could hear it in her voice that she was still working on it after how many weeks spending in the other country. Considering her situation right now, she didn’t know what to do next when she got home. For the first time in her existence, she had no plans.“You said that every day.” Clearly, her brother’s patience was running thin.“Because I am,” she insisted stubbornly.“If you say so.”“Don’t worry, brother. I’m a terrible liar, ain’t I?”“And I know there’s something else you are not telling me.”“Oh, God! You’re getting more annoying every day. I might change my phone number if you won’t stop doing that.”Instead of getting insulted, Tripp barked out laughing. “Just wanna cheer you up, sis. And I missed squeezing you. Tell me you didn’t turn into an elephant.”“Of course not. Closer to a whale though, but still squeezable.”“Don’t tell me you’re still pulling off that Yoga and that keto shitty diet, Charleigh.”“You ar

Bryce’s eyes widened in shock. “What? Why? Did she get into trouble? I mean, did she get fired?”Kayden shook his head. Sadness crossed his face. “No. She resigned.”“What? Why? How?” He shut his mouth closed. He felt like he just stabbed himself in the heart.“Her decision. Even her brother couldn’t stop her from resigning.” Still, He didn’t get why Charleigh gave up the job she was so proud of. She went there to the town for her promotion and then she suddenly resigned. It didn’t make any sense.Bryce’s world spun around him, and his heart was aching. He managed to grip the armchair before he stood up and paced. Could he be the reason why Charleigh chose to resign? That was impossible.“This can’t be. Charleigh loves her job. Why would she do that?” “We were all shocked. I know how much she loves her work and how much she worked hard to get her promotion.”“Can I talk to her brother?”“Sure.” He nodded subtly. “But Tripp is in a meeting with our new client. He won’t be here until

Apparently, the email she received from Tripp was her e-ticket. Charleigh took the flight home that day.Once she settled back at her apartment, she spent the night berating herself for what she had done. She became impulsive and rushed her decisions without thinking through them.She was supposed to be moving on—that was the sole purpose of her sabbatical, not making herself believe in her own fantasy by letting her hopes up because of some invitation. It was not a ticket to heaven, for God’s sake, but she couldn’t help herself, though.In less than twenty-four hours after her welcome party organized by Tripp and Kayden, Charleigh was already parking at the opposite side of the road of Cleighry’s Coffee & Cakeshop written in bold script.Surrounded by so many old rose and garnet balloons and ribbons, early-bird attendees already occupied the trendy iron-wrought chairs of four Bristo tables under the huge umbrellas. Special offers were on the chalkboard beside the door. Through the gi

She always rendered him speechless, but seeing her again had Bryce completely dumbstruck and forgot how to talk. It seemed that his tongue was stuck in his mouth for good. If Ella hadn’t walked in, he was probably still staring at Charleigh as if he’d seen a celestial being for the first time.His heart, his pulse, and his body revved to life. For the last few months after his failure to reach her, he lost hope and lost half of his life. If it wasn’t for Clary and the constant nagging of his grandpa, he must have been crazy right now. He broke his heart once, he knew how it felt, but it never hurt like the way he let Charleigh go. Probably because he had regrets—huge damn regrets.Bryce never thought he would see her again when her brother told him she didn’t want to be contacted. Every night, he went to sleep wondering what was she doing, whether was she happy, had she found the man who would love and respect her. He even sobbed to sleep like a crazy brokenhearted teenager. Now th

Bryce managed to convince Charleigh to sit on the stool for a while as he tried to process what he just learned today. The funny thing was, instead of feeling disturbed, he was relieved.On the other thought, it was still surreal for Charleigh that he would accept her situation easily. Sure, she would consider gambling her chance to be with him if not because of another issue that had been bugging her.“What do you crave for?” He placed down a tray of lemon with raspberry filling cupcakes and buttercream frosting. He seemed calm as if she didn’t just drop the bomb on his face. He was even smiling from ear to ear as he made her a lemonade.She was pregnant, for God’s sake. She had an unwanted pregnancy. Why was everything okay with him? Even Charleigh, who was never ready for this new situation she had on, cried the whole night and blamed herself for being so reckless and irresponsible that she thought fate was mocking her when her world just fell apart.“Not doing this with you.” Now