Romance: JADEN: An MMA Fighter Romance (Bad Boy Tattoo Romance) (New Adult Pregnancy Short Stories) by Kristen Chase Page B
Authors: Kristen Chase
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Sam couldn’t say no any more times.
We sat at the table and Helen, being a chef, had really outdone herself with the array of choices covering the table between us. I was sitting next to Sam and every time Helen or my dad talked to him, I slipped my hand up his leg until I couldn’t go any further. It was fun seeing Sam squirm in his seat and his voice change octaves every time my touch got a little too much.
“So Sam, how’s Beth going?” Dad asked, and I felt Sam’s legs tense up under my hand. I looked up at him and his whole demeanour had changed. He was stiff and looked worried. I went to remove my hand from his lap but he grabbed it and squeezed it tight and didn’t let go.
“She’s okay. She is still away at the moment but she will be back at work next week. Can you please pass me the corn mum?”
I noticed Sam’s poor attempt of trying to change the subject but the fact that it sounded like Beth was a colleague put me at some ease. She must have been an ex-girlfriend or a fling from work. I slowly retreated my hand from Sam’s but gave him a smile to make sure he knew I wasn’t upset…yet anyway.
“And how are the wedding plans going, sweetie? Did Beth find a dress up there?”
NOW I WAS UPSET! I stepped in straight away trying to stay neutral to the conversation.
“Wedding? I didn’t know you were getting married Sam?” My intention was to say this and look straight into his eyes so he could see how angry I was, but I couldn’t bring myself to look at his pathetic face.
“Well actually mum…”
I couldn’t listen anymore.
“I’m not feeling very well. I’ll be back in a second.” I excused myself from the table and headed down the hallway towards my bedroom. I made it just in time for my breakdown.
I cried and cried and I didn’t make it back to the table to finish dinner.
Dad came in later to ask if I was okay and tell me Sam had said bye. I told him I was feeling a little better and I thought it was just a stomach bug. He seemed happy with my answer and left me to sleep my ‘stomach bug’ away. If only it were that easy.
Sam
The second I reached my car I drove around the corner and stopped to ring Nikki. If she had stayed at the dinner table she would have realised that I wasn’t lying to her.
I dialled her number but I kept getting her message bank. I should have expected that but I wanted to at least try talking before I had to try and explain it all in a message. But I guess a message was now my only option.
NIKKI, CAN I PLEASE COME AND TALK TO YOU?”
Nothing.
NIKKI, I’M SORRY I’VE HURT YOU. BETH AND I ARE OVER.’
Nothing again. I guess I had no choice but to type it all out in a text.
‘BETH AND I WERE ENGAGED BUT WE DECIDED TO TAKE A BREAK FOUR WEEKS AGO AND THINGS HAVEN’T GOTTEN BETTER. THEY HAVE GOT WORSE. AND THEN I MET YOU AND I GOT BETTER. I DON’T LOVE BETH AND I HAVEN’T FOR LONGER THAN I WANTED TO ADMIT. PLEASE LET ME COME AND TALK TO YOU.’
Five minutes passed and I still hadn’t got a reply. I was just about to send another message and my phone vibrated in my hand with a message.
‘A BREAK IS NOT A BREAK-UP.’
That was all. She did have a very strong argument there but I was willing to do anything to make things right again.
‘NIKKI, I UNDERSTAND THAT AND I KNOW IT’S NOT GOOD ENOUGH BUT IN MY MIND, THE MOMENT BETH AND I DECIDED TO ‘BREAK’, WE WERE OVER. I DIDN’T WANT TO TELL ANYONE BECAUSE I WAS EMBARRASSED. I FELT LIKE I HAD FAILED. I SPOKE TO BETH AFTER LAST SATURDAY AND I FINISHED THINGS FOR GOOD. BECAUSE I WANT TO BE WITH YOU. I HAVE FALLEN FOR THE MOST INCREDIBLE WOMAN AND THAT IS YOU.’
‘SO YOU WERE TECHNICALLY STILL WITH HER WHILE WE WERE FUCKING ON SATURDAY NIGHT?’
‘PLEASE DON’T SAY IT LIKE THAT. I MADE A MISTAKE BUT I PROMISE YOU I HAVEN’T SEEN BETH SINCE YOU ARRIVED.
We sat at the table and Helen, being a chef, had really outdone herself with the array of choices covering the table between us. I was sitting next to Sam and every time Helen or my dad talked to him, I slipped my hand up his leg until I couldn’t go any further. It was fun seeing Sam squirm in his seat and his voice change octaves every time my touch got a little too much.
“So Sam, how’s Beth going?” Dad asked, and I felt Sam’s legs tense up under my hand. I looked up at him and his whole demeanour had changed. He was stiff and looked worried. I went to remove my hand from his lap but he grabbed it and squeezed it tight and didn’t let go.
“She’s okay. She is still away at the moment but she will be back at work next week. Can you please pass me the corn mum?”
I noticed Sam’s poor attempt of trying to change the subject but the fact that it sounded like Beth was a colleague put me at some ease. She must have been an ex-girlfriend or a fling from work. I slowly retreated my hand from Sam’s but gave him a smile to make sure he knew I wasn’t upset…yet anyway.
“And how are the wedding plans going, sweetie? Did Beth find a dress up there?”
NOW I WAS UPSET! I stepped in straight away trying to stay neutral to the conversation.
“Wedding? I didn’t know you were getting married Sam?” My intention was to say this and look straight into his eyes so he could see how angry I was, but I couldn’t bring myself to look at his pathetic face.
“Well actually mum…”
I couldn’t listen anymore.
“I’m not feeling very well. I’ll be back in a second.” I excused myself from the table and headed down the hallway towards my bedroom. I made it just in time for my breakdown.
I cried and cried and I didn’t make it back to the table to finish dinner.
Dad came in later to ask if I was okay and tell me Sam had said bye. I told him I was feeling a little better and I thought it was just a stomach bug. He seemed happy with my answer and left me to sleep my ‘stomach bug’ away. If only it were that easy.
Sam
The second I reached my car I drove around the corner and stopped to ring Nikki. If she had stayed at the dinner table she would have realised that I wasn’t lying to her.
I dialled her number but I kept getting her message bank. I should have expected that but I wanted to at least try talking before I had to try and explain it all in a message. But I guess a message was now my only option.
NIKKI, CAN I PLEASE COME AND TALK TO YOU?”
Nothing.
NIKKI, I’M SORRY I’VE HURT YOU. BETH AND I ARE OVER.’
Nothing again. I guess I had no choice but to type it all out in a text.
‘BETH AND I WERE ENGAGED BUT WE DECIDED TO TAKE A BREAK FOUR WEEKS AGO AND THINGS HAVEN’T GOTTEN BETTER. THEY HAVE GOT WORSE. AND THEN I MET YOU AND I GOT BETTER. I DON’T LOVE BETH AND I HAVEN’T FOR LONGER THAN I WANTED TO ADMIT. PLEASE LET ME COME AND TALK TO YOU.’
Five minutes passed and I still hadn’t got a reply. I was just about to send another message and my phone vibrated in my hand with a message.
‘A BREAK IS NOT A BREAK-UP.’
That was all. She did have a very strong argument there but I was willing to do anything to make things right again.
‘NIKKI, I UNDERSTAND THAT AND I KNOW IT’S NOT GOOD ENOUGH BUT IN MY MIND, THE MOMENT BETH AND I DECIDED TO ‘BREAK’, WE WERE OVER. I DIDN’T WANT TO TELL ANYONE BECAUSE I WAS EMBARRASSED. I FELT LIKE I HAD FAILED. I SPOKE TO BETH AFTER LAST SATURDAY AND I FINISHED THINGS FOR GOOD. BECAUSE I WANT TO BE WITH YOU. I HAVE FALLEN FOR THE MOST INCREDIBLE WOMAN AND THAT IS YOU.’
‘SO YOU WERE TECHNICALLY STILL WITH HER WHILE WE WERE FUCKING ON SATURDAY NIGHT?’
‘PLEASE DON’T SAY IT LIKE THAT. I MADE A MISTAKE BUT I PROMISE YOU I HAVEN’T SEEN BETH SINCE YOU ARRIVED.
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