Connection
Chapter 4

Chloe swallowed. Had she heard Brady right?
"Brady no. Don't say that." She said.
"What do you mean, Chloe?" Brady asked.
"Don't tell me that. I love Philip."
Brady sighed in frustration. "You do not LOVE Philip. You never did, don't you see?"
"No I don't see. And stop telling me who I do and do not love. You can't possibly know my feelings."
Brady's face grew soft, yet serious. "But I do know your feelings, b/c you and I are so much alike. We have a connection, Chloe. You know as well as I do. I know you, Chloe Lane. I know your heart, your soul." His intense blue eyes bore into hers. "I know, because they're exactly like mine. We were meant to be, and you're as in love with me as I am with you, you can't deny it."
Chloe was silent. She looked up at him, their faces mere inches apart. They stared intensely for what seemed like hours before Brady leaned in.
Chloe suddenly pulled away. "No!" She turn and started walking back down the pier.
"Chloe!" Brady called after her. He followed.
"No, Brady. I can't be with you. You're wrong." She turned around to face him. "I don't love you. I could never love you." She turned and walked away.
Brady stood there on the pier, her words slicing through him like knives. "Your wrong, Chloe." He said to himself. "You love me, you're just too afraid to admit it to yourself." He sighed and began walking back toward his Jeep.