Chased (The Graysen Pack Series) Read Free Page A

your very own heater.”
                  Mmmmm sounds nice. You can heat up my space anytime... He wrapped his arm around my shoulders and pulled me tight. This gesture shocked me a little, but I didn’t let it show. I wanted him to keep his arm there forever. That is where it belonged.
                  “Where are we going?”
                  “Actually, I thought we could just take a walk. I will be your tour guide for all your entertaining needs. Nothing too over the top for our first date,” he smiled.
                  “This is a date?” I asked. I bit the inside of my jaw.
                  “I think so. If it’s okay with you, and you don’t mind that I didn’t buy you dinner.”  He looked down at me. His smile widened as if to say, I am just joking. Lucky for him, I am quick on my feet.
                  “Actually, I am a little disappointed.” I bit my bottom lip. “No dinner. I hope you are not expecting a kiss at the end of this date, because I can’t kiss you unless you buy me dinner.” I laughed.
                  “I think there is a McDonald’s down the street.” The seriousness in his face had me pondering. Then he laughed. Okay jokester. I laughed too. His sense of humor was one of his many, adorable, qualities.
                  “Ha, ha smart guy.” I elbowed him in the stomach. We both laughed out loud.
                  We walked all over the campus talking about ourselves. He spoke about growing up in Canada, and how he had a large family. He spoke so highly about his parents, Laney and Zorin, were their names. He said that his dad had always been a dominant man, but his mother was a loving and understanding woman. He thought them to be a perfect match. His words not mine. I couldn’t help the sad feelings that began to show on my face. I envied him. He had what I wanted. He had a mother and father.
                  “I’ve been rambling on forever about myself. I’m sorry. I would love to hear more about you,” he said.
                  “What do you want to know?” I replied.
                  “Everything,” he answered.
                  I laughed out loud. “Not much exciting about me. I’m pretty normal, kind of boring actually.”
                  “Not boring. Beautiful, and intriguing, but not boring,” he stated. “Tell me about your parents.”
                  “Actually it’s just me and my mom, Jeanette. I haven’t ever met my dad. My mother says he is a wonderful man, but he left before I was born.” I wasn’t aware that abandonment made you a wonderful man. “He doesn’t seem so great to me,” I whispered softly. “The only thing I know about him is his name, Eli Samuels.”
                  “Did you say Eli?”
                  “Yes. Why?” I asked.
                  “Oh. It’s nothing. It sounded like a name I recognized, but I was mistaken.” There he goes again, mistaken? I mean who raised you, the Queen of England. I thought.
                  “So it’s just been my mom and me. She is amazing.” I tried really hard to hide the tears. I could feel them about to fall. Just breathe.
                  We made it back around the campus and stopped in front of my dorm. We sat together on the steps. His warm hand began rubbing my back. I knew it was an effort to try and comfort me, but it was only making me feel worse. Why am I getting so upset? I’ve been my whole life without a father. Why does it hurt so much, and why now?
                  “I’m sorry you are hurting, Avery,” he continued to rub my back.
                  “You know something. You are amazing.”
                  “Amazing?” he asked. His forehead squinted in question, and I could swear he was