Chapter 7
Chloe looked away from the piercing gaze of Brady's intensely blue eyes. "I don't know what to say, Brady."
"Say that you love me too, Diva. Tell me that you need me as much as I need you."
"I can't. You have to stop saying things like that." She still didn't look at him. Brady caught her chin with his hand and turned her face so her bright blue eyes looked into his. "Why?" He asked angrily. "Because it makes you finally FEEL for the first time in your life? Because you can't admit that you love me? Because you're still stuck on goddamn Phillip?"
Chloe pulled away. Her eyes flashed with anger. "You have no right to talk to me that way, Brady Black."
"I have EVERY right! Ever since I first looked into those gorgeous eyes I knew that we were meant to be together. Maybe I wouldn't admit it to myself at first, but now I'm sure that I've loved you from the moment I saw you. I was born to love you, and I will die loving you. You mentioned that we spend almost every day together. Well, almost half of the time that we spend together you spend talking about Phillip. Don't you know how much it hurts me to hear you say you were in love with him? You're supposed to love ME, Chloe. Not Phillip. And I think you know that." Brady's eyes never left her face as he talked. "You can't stand there and tell me that you don't feel something when we touch." He grabbed her arm and pulled her tight against him. He looked down into her eyes. "You can't tell me that your heart isn't racing, that you don't want me to kiss you right now." His eyes were hot with desire for her.
"No," Chloe said breathlessly, "I can't."
Brady's eyes turned sad, hurt. "Then why, Chloe? Why do you deny my love when you know you love me too? Do you want me to be miserable? Because that's just what I am without you. You are everything to me, Chloe. I love you so much. Don't do this. Don't break my heart. Tell me what you know in your heart. Tell me that you love me."
"I can't!" Chloe cried and pulled out of his arms. "Don't you understand, Brady? I can't!" She kissed him softly on the lips. "I'm sorry." She climbed out the window and down the ladder. "Chloe!" Brady called after her as she ran down the street. He shut the window and plopped back down on the bed. "She loves me." He said aloud. "She has to. Otherwise how will I go on living without her?" Brady put his head in his hands, knowing there was a LONG night ahead of him.
Chloe looked away from the piercing gaze of Brady's intensely blue eyes. "I don't know what to say, Brady."
"Say that you love me too, Diva. Tell me that you need me as much as I need you."
"I can't. You have to stop saying things like that." She still didn't look at him. Brady caught her chin with his hand and turned her face so her bright blue eyes looked into his. "Why?" He asked angrily. "Because it makes you finally FEEL for the first time in your life? Because you can't admit that you love me? Because you're still stuck on goddamn Phillip?"
Chloe pulled away. Her eyes flashed with anger. "You have no right to talk to me that way, Brady Black."
"I have EVERY right! Ever since I first looked into those gorgeous eyes I knew that we were meant to be together. Maybe I wouldn't admit it to myself at first, but now I'm sure that I've loved you from the moment I saw you. I was born to love you, and I will die loving you. You mentioned that we spend almost every day together. Well, almost half of the time that we spend together you spend talking about Phillip. Don't you know how much it hurts me to hear you say you were in love with him? You're supposed to love ME, Chloe. Not Phillip. And I think you know that." Brady's eyes never left her face as he talked. "You can't stand there and tell me that you don't feel something when we touch." He grabbed her arm and pulled her tight against him. He looked down into her eyes. "You can't tell me that your heart isn't racing, that you don't want me to kiss you right now." His eyes were hot with desire for her.
"No," Chloe said breathlessly, "I can't."
Brady's eyes turned sad, hurt. "Then why, Chloe? Why do you deny my love when you know you love me too? Do you want me to be miserable? Because that's just what I am without you. You are everything to me, Chloe. I love you so much. Don't do this. Don't break my heart. Tell me what you know in your heart. Tell me that you love me."
"I can't!" Chloe cried and pulled out of his arms. "Don't you understand, Brady? I can't!" She kissed him softly on the lips. "I'm sorry." She climbed out the window and down the ladder. "Chloe!" Brady called after her as she ran down the street. He shut the window and plopped back down on the bed. "She loves me." He said aloud. "She has to. Otherwise how will I go on living without her?" Brady put his head in his hands, knowing there was a LONG night ahead of him.
