Chapter 36
"Corinne...you do believe me right?"
"We have to talk." She said somberly. Inside, Corinne had made a
decision that she knew would break both their hearts.
"I'm so sorry...I swear she just came in here and I..."
"No Jeff. Look...why don't you get dressed, I'll come back in later."
She interrupted.
"Corinne...what's going on?"
"I'll be back later."
Jeff watched as she walked out of the door, worry flowing in his
veins. He walked to his bag and pulled out the ring. He sighed and
then began to get dressed.
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"Hey sweetie," Jeff said kissing her on her forehead as he got out of
the dressing room. She had been sitting outside the door just waiting
for him.
"Are you okay?" He asked concernedly.
"I'm fine. Uh...can we go somewhere? So we can talk..." She said, not
quite meeting his eyes.
"Okay...let's go to my hotel room."
"Um...how about a restaurant or something."
"It's almost midnight...there wouldn't be anything open."
"Okay, I...guess we can just go to your room then." Corinne said,
standing up and walking ahead of him to the parking lot.
The car ride was tense. Jeff could almost feel her pulling away from
him emotionally. He reached over to her side and put her hand in his.
He was relieved when she didn't pull away. As he parked the car, they
both walked towards his room in silence.
"Look, Corinne. I am sorry about what went on in the locker room
today. I...look...I just have something to tell you."
"Wait Jeff...I don't care about what happened today...I..."
"Corinne, please. Good...fine, thank you for..."
"Jeff please..."
"I love you." He blurted out.
"What?"
"I love you...I want you to marry me."
"You...Jeff...I..." She said breathlessly.
"Oh god, this is all wrong...I planned it out so differently.
Please...I love you so much and I just..."
"Jeff...I'm..."
He kneeled down in front of her.
"Jeff please.... I.... I can't."
"What?" Jeff said not quite believing his ears. He had always thought
that when it actually happened, she would just say yes.
"See this is what I was going to tell you. I'm moving to London."
"London? But why?"
"Mr. McMahon offered me a promotion."
Jeff sat on the bed in shock.
"But I..."
"Jeff...I'm so sorry. I can't marry you."
"But...I love you." Jeff said angrily rising from the bed.
"I love you too." She said softly, but even to her it sounded wrong.
"No... don't say that to me. Don't..."He said too upset now to notice
her tears.
"Jeff, I really do love you...but I just can't marry you...I'm too
young, and my job..."
"Yeah...you're right. You're too young and your job is more important
to you than us." Jeff said sadly.
"Jeff..."
"I was stupid. Stupid to think that finally I would be the important
one. Not my money...well hell...I guess it's still the money isn't it?
But now it's your money...your future, right?" She didn't respond.
"Yeah...I have to go." Jeff rasped out.
"Jeff. Please...you are important to me. I'm ..."
"I can't talk right now. Here...take this with you to London. I
wouldn't give it to anyone else. Could you please, try not to be here
when I get back?" Jeff said leaving the ring on the table and walking
out of the door.
*** ummm....so anyone wanna know what happens next????????
"Corinne...you do believe me right?"
"We have to talk." She said somberly. Inside, Corinne had made a
decision that she knew would break both their hearts.
"I'm so sorry...I swear she just came in here and I..."
"No Jeff. Look...why don't you get dressed, I'll come back in later."
She interrupted.
"Corinne...what's going on?"
"I'll be back later."
Jeff watched as she walked out of the door, worry flowing in his
veins. He walked to his bag and pulled out the ring. He sighed and
then began to get dressed.
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"Hey sweetie," Jeff said kissing her on her forehead as he got out of
the dressing room. She had been sitting outside the door just waiting
for him.
"Are you okay?" He asked concernedly.
"I'm fine. Uh...can we go somewhere? So we can talk..." She said, not
quite meeting his eyes.
"Okay...let's go to my hotel room."
"Um...how about a restaurant or something."
"It's almost midnight...there wouldn't be anything open."
"Okay, I...guess we can just go to your room then." Corinne said,
standing up and walking ahead of him to the parking lot.
The car ride was tense. Jeff could almost feel her pulling away from
him emotionally. He reached over to her side and put her hand in his.
He was relieved when she didn't pull away. As he parked the car, they
both walked towards his room in silence.
"Look, Corinne. I am sorry about what went on in the locker room
today. I...look...I just have something to tell you."
"Wait Jeff...I don't care about what happened today...I..."
"Corinne, please. Good...fine, thank you for..."
"Jeff please..."
"I love you." He blurted out.
"What?"
"I love you...I want you to marry me."
"You...Jeff...I..." She said breathlessly.
"Oh god, this is all wrong...I planned it out so differently.
Please...I love you so much and I just..."
"Jeff...I'm..."
He kneeled down in front of her.
"Jeff please.... I.... I can't."
"What?" Jeff said not quite believing his ears. He had always thought
that when it actually happened, she would just say yes.
"See this is what I was going to tell you. I'm moving to London."
"London? But why?"
"Mr. McMahon offered me a promotion."
Jeff sat on the bed in shock.
"But I..."
"Jeff...I'm so sorry. I can't marry you."
"But...I love you." Jeff said angrily rising from the bed.
"I love you too." She said softly, but even to her it sounded wrong.
"No... don't say that to me. Don't..."He said too upset now to notice
her tears.
"Jeff, I really do love you...but I just can't marry you...I'm too
young, and my job..."
"Yeah...you're right. You're too young and your job is more important
to you than us." Jeff said sadly.
"Jeff..."
"I was stupid. Stupid to think that finally I would be the important
one. Not my money...well hell...I guess it's still the money isn't it?
But now it's your money...your future, right?" She didn't respond.
"Yeah...I have to go." Jeff rasped out.
"Jeff. Please...you are important to me. I'm ..."
"I can't talk right now. Here...take this with you to London. I
wouldn't give it to anyone else. Could you please, try not to be here
when I get back?" Jeff said leaving the ring on the table and walking
out of the door.
*** ummm....so anyone wanna know what happens next????????
