Nan was seated on the couch in the far side of the room and Chester's eyes widened.

"Ladies have a couch in their bathroom?" Chester asked, amazed. He shut the door behind him and locked it so they wouldn't be disturbed.

Nan didn't bother retorting; she stared at her hands thankful that the tears finally stopped flowing so Chester didn't see how broken she was over this whole thing. Little did she know, he could feel it.

He stepped closer to her, wanting to give her space and yet wanting to close the distance between them with a desperation he didn't understand.

"Nan..." he finally said, his tone soft and filled with compassion. "I'm so sorry. I didn't mean for any of that to happen. She won't be a problem for you anymore, you have my word."

Nan glanced up at him and his heart broke when he saw that her eyes were red with unshed tears.

"She knew so much about you, Chester. You love her—"

"NO," he said quickly as he stepped closer to her. "I've known her for a long time, that's why she knows so much. But I don't, nor have I ever, loved her. She was saying what she believed to be true, but it wasn't how I felt."

"She's never going to leave you alone..." Nan whispered, tears starting to spill down her cheeks.

He sat down on the couch beside her and took her face in his hands, wiping away the tears with his thumbs.

"You have my word, Nan. She won't be a problem anymore. I'm so sorry our first date was ruined. I'm sorry this happened. But I promise you, it won't happen again. Please, don't hate me..."

was desperation in his voice, and she found herself drawn to his sincerity. She closed her eyes, letting more tears fall and he wiped them each

does this have to be so hard?" She whispered. "I thought it'd be

out a

I want to give this a chance... a real chance. Please, don't close the

sniffled and nodded her head

she whispered. "I won't close the

arms around her and pulled her into his chest. She was surprised by the gesture, but the moment her head touched his chest, she melted into him, feeling at ease for once in

somewhere else?" He asked. "Maybe a walk. I'm

a while. He wanted to keep holding her. So, they remained like that for a bit longer. Holding one another as if their

her, though

the bathroom door, Judy was on the other side of

at Chester and then at Nan, her eyes narrowed as if asking Nan if she was okay to

answering the unspoken question and Judy's expression softened

Nan out of the restaurant, ignoring the onlooking eyes of literally

pack and pretty much allowed his brother to train for the position instead so Chester could pursue his dreams as a chef, which his father never approved of. He spoke about how Gavin opened up his pack to Chester and allowed him to pursue his dreams and how he got to

Nan to hear about his relationship with Harper, but the air needed to

were seated at the local park, his arms draped around her shoulders and her body pulled close to his. They had fallen

finally spoke.

with Judy when I'm not working," she said softly.

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