Chapter 4 (Over sharing)
At the hotel Chloe was running her fingers trough her hair and stretching out on the king sized bed. Callen was searching for bugs or anything that looked suspicious. When he turned around only to see Chloe stretched out on the bed with her legs hanging over the edge. She was revealing her belly button and her perfectly carved abs. It was a a wonderful sight, very sexy and calm at the same time . He jumped when he heard her say, "like what you see?" He was so busy thinking about how beautiful she was, that he had forgotten about everything else. She noticed his wandering eyes even though he didn't think she was looking.
"What?" Callen tried to play it off like he didn't know what she was talking about, but he knew exactly what she was talking about. He didn't do a very good job at hiding it. He did like what he saw. In fact he loved what he saw, but he couldn't have it. Well, he could have it, but he knew that he shouldn't.
Chloe flashed him a shy, flattered smile. She walked slowly towards him. She knew Callen's answer, but she also knew that a guy like him would never go for a girl like her. He had to much pride to ever give in to his temptations. That thought wiped the smile of her face. She stopped in her tracks and turned back around and headed back for the bed. "I'm sorry." She turned back around to face Callen and this time it was her raising her eyebrow.
"For what? It's okay. I'm used to it. Guys stare at what they want. It happens to me a lot. Most girls would be happy that guys are into them, especially someone as attractive as you, but most guys I meet just want sex. I'm not looking for that anymore. Guys look at me, and they never see anything past the exterior. I guess I just find it annoying sometimes."
They were face to face now. Callen had walked the few couple of steps toward her without even noticing it. "I..." he wasn't sure what to say to her. All he wanted to do was reassure her. He knew that that was not allowed to happen. Never mix business with was his rule. Well, that along with never dating girls with guns. So he did what he thought was best, for both of them. He changed the subject. "... was talking about earlier. In the parking garage... When I... grabbed you. I didn't mean to hurt you."
He knew that if he got emotionally involved, someone was bound to get hurt. He didn't want that to happen to her. He had to keep her at arms length.
Chloe looked down at the ground feeling like such a fool. She was so embarrassed. She had just told him something she had never told anyone before and that's not at all what he was even talking about. "Oh... yeah... Um... Okay." is all that she managed to get out in between sniffles. Stepping out of his was so he couldn't see her face. "Um... I'm gonna hop into the shower." She took quick giant steps toward the bathroom careful not to brush up against him on her way past.
He started to reach for her hand but stopped himself in his tracks. If he hadn't there's no saying whether he could control the temptation that she so easily brought out in him.