Chapter 12: Chapter 12

Author's POV

Cara was standing in front of the mirror, looking at herself for the hundredth time now.

Just joking. But even she doesn’t know how many times she has checked herself out in this dressing table’s mirror in her dorm room.

Yes you guessed it right, she is getting ready for her date with Chase.

She is wearing a simple white knee length dress. It has a v neck line and sleeves are reaching up to her wrist. They are fitted perfectly to her delicate arms. It’s very simple dress but she is liking her look in this dress.

She doesn’t have any expensive or fashionable clothes for special occasions. She didn’t want to wear dress and was planning on wearing her regular jeans and top for this date.

But Sapphire convinced her in wearing this white dress which they found hiding in the back of her dresser. Cara had purchased this dress before coming to this town.

Sapphire said it would go really well with her simple but beautiful personality.

‘And it will definitely leave Chase with blue balls’ this is what Sapphire said to Cara and she blushed hard.

Cara is not much of a dress person. But she bought few of them just in case she might need them on some occasions. And today they really came into use.

Sapphire was extremely shocked when she found out that Chase has asked Cara to go on a date with him. And it is to be Cara’s first date ever in her entire nineteen years of life.

Even Cara was shocked when Chase asked her out for a date yesterday in front of the café where she works.

She was taken aback by his sudden question but eventually found herself nodding and agreeing to go out on a date with him.

She doesn’t know if she was imagining or she really saw it but she saw a ghost of a smile appearing on his face when she said okay.

After that he didn’t say anything and just got into his car and drove off.

Cara entered into the café still feeling her heart beating in her chest.

As soon as she entered into the café, Aria came running to her. She saw that Chase dropped Cara here and could not believe her eyes.

She asked Cara what is going on and found out that both of them are dating.

It shocked Aria as well just like Sapphire. She knows Chase and his friends a little and their reputation is making Aria a little scared for her friend.

She told Cara to be careful around Chase but still congratulated and wished her friend luck for her first ever date.

Cara saw the concern on Aria’s face and asked her the reason for her concerns. But Aria didn’t say anything.

Cara knows there is something between her and those bullies. To be precise between Aria and John.

Not all three of them but John comes to the café almost everyday at least once. When he comes here his eyes are always fixed on Aria and after his arrival Aria also starts behaving differently.

As if she is very uncomfortable around him. Cara wanted to ask Aria what is the matter, if there is some problems between her and John but didn’t want to be too nosy.

Cara came out of her thoughts when she heard her phone ringing. It was an unknown number. She answered the call and her nervousness increased tenfold when she heard his voice on the other line.

“I am outside” he informed her and she told him that she will be out in a second and disconnected the call.

She looked at herself in the mirror for last time before slinging her small side bag over her shoulder. She came out of the dorm room and made her way towards the main gate of the building.

There he was standing, leaning against the hood of his car. Both hands in his dark denim jeans pocket.

It was first time that she didn’t see him wearing his signature leather jacket. He was wearing a plain black long sleeves shirt. Sleeves were folded to his elbows giving a clear view of his masculine forearms.

His dark hairs were messy as always covering half of his forehead and she really loves it.

‘Oh my god what are you thinking Cara’ she scolded herself.

He was looking in other direction when she came out that is the reason why she could drink in his hot and sexy looks.

‘You need to do something with your bold mind Cara’ she told herself.

When he heard her footsteps approaching him. He turned his head around to look at her. For a moment he felt like his heart has stopped beating before it started hammering in his chest loudly.

He stood straight. His eyes going down to her feet. She was wearing simple white flat sandals. Her smooth creamy legs looked so sexy.

His eyes moved up to stare at the simple dress that she was wearing. It was fitting her upper body perfectly and it had flares starting at her small waist, reaching up to her knees.

Her beautiful long brown locks were put into a high ponytail giving a full view of her slender neck.

She was wearing a light make up but to him she looked like an angel who has been sent from above, just for him.

His eyes settled on her face. He was mind blown by her simplicity and her exquisite beauty.

She looked at him nervously waiting for him to say something because this intense gaze of him was doing something to her.

But she wasn't aware, what she was making him feel at this moment. He was speechless, he was put under a spell, spell of her untamable beauty.

“I know it’s very simple dress but I don’t like heavy dresses and make up so…” she was starting to feel unsure about her look for the first time. Thinking that she is not looking good in this outfit.

But in his mind he was like ‘what is she even saying. You look like a f**king goddess'.

“You are gorgeous” the words slipped his mouth even before he knew. Her eyes widened at his sudden complement.

“Huh..Thanks” she said looking away trying to hide her blushed face.

He took a step closer to her, standing into her personal space but she didn’t back away.

Her heartbeat surely increased though.

“There is only one thing that needs to be fixed” he whispered while staring into her eyes.

She frowned at his words but when his hand reached to the back of her head touching the rubber band which was holding her hairs into a ponytail, her eyes widened.

He started pulling the band letting her silky and shiny locks loose, to let them sway freely around her waist.

All the while their gazes were locked into one another. His pupils moved all over her face taking in her natural beauty as he whispered while staring deeply into her eyes, “perfect”.

Cara was beyond shocked by his action but her heart fluttered because of the admiration he had for her in his eyes.

He moved away from her and opened the door of passenger seat. Even he himself was shocked with his own manners.

She walked towards the car and settled on the seat. He too settled on driver’s seat and started driving the car.

The drive was silent again. But this time they decided to play the music. Cara’s favourite song was playing and she couldn’t help herself but hum along with the song.

And if Chase was being honest, his whole attention was to her melodious voice instead of hearing the original song. Which by the way is sung by one of his favourite singer.

“You have a beautiful voice” he complemented her and she blushed yet again by his comment.

“It’s just that he is my favourite singer” she said with a smile and a very small smile tugged on his lips.

He stopped the car in front of a restaurant. It was quite big and looked beautiful from outside. But expensive at the same time.

Both of them came out of the car and he held her small hand in his as he started walking towards the entrance.

He had already reserved the table for them so they were directly guided to their table which was in the far corner of the restaurant.

The atmosphere in the restaurant was comfortable and cozy somehow. Cara liked it a lot.

They settled down on the table. The waitress came to serve them water. Cara noticed how she was trying to flirt with Chase but just one hard look from him made her run away from their table.

He slid the menu towards her and told her to choose whatever she wanted. She opened the menu book and her eyes literally popped out of her socket when she saw the prices of every dishes.

“I think we should go to some other place” Cara said in an unsure tone and he understood her concern.

He took the menu from her hand and told her about the best dish that they have in this restaurant and ordered that for both of them.

“Do you come here often?” she asked and he nodded his head, “Hmm, I am regular in here”.

He thought she would ask why he doesn’t eat at home and was finding it difficult to form an answer to give her.

Yes he agreed to that ‘get to know each other' thing. And to his surprise he is quite excited to get to know her.

But the thing that was making him a little restless was that she would also like to know him, she might ask, no she would definitely ask questions to him. But is he ready to share everything about himself with her?

He really wants to do this with her but still there are few things that he will not share with her, he can not share them with her.

But she asked something which he didn’t even expect. “It must cost fortune to eat in here” she said looking around at the place.

It brought a genuine smile to his lips as he replied, “It does”.

Their food was brought and both of them dug into it while asking simple questions to one another.

None of them brought their families or too personal questions. Chase didn’t ask her about her family because he knows as John told him that she is an orphan. He didn’t want to make her uncomfortable.

But he was shocked when she didn’t ask him anything about his family. She just asked him about what course he has taken? Why doesn’t he come to college? and about his friends.

On the other hand Cara didn’t ask anything about his family to him because she thought it would be too forward for her to ask such questions on their first date.

Yeah she knows it might be too simple question, after all what could be a big deal to talk about ones family. But not for Cara.

She knows sometimes the matters related to families can be very personal and dark to be talked about.

She wouldn’t like to talk about hers then how could she ask about his.

Cara knows better than to being nosy about someone’s personal life. Yes she does want to know everything about him.

But it’s just their first day that they are trying to open up and share something about themselves with another.

They will get more opportunities to know more.

“If you don’t come to college then what do you like to do. Do you have some other plans for future” she asked.

He nodded his head, “Actually I love boxing. I even have underground boxing club. I am planning on doing something in that field” he replied.

It wiped the smile off of Cara’s lips as an unwanted memory flashed in front of her eyes. Suddenly her palms became clammy and her heart started drumming in her ears.

Chase noticed it as he asked, “What’s wrong? Are you okay?”

Cara took in a deep breath and forced a smile on her lips as she answered, “Oh yes. I just.. don’t like fights. That’s all”.

He kept staring at her face but didn’t say anything. He knew she was not telling the truth but he didn’t press her.

After they were done eating Cara thought he was going to drop her off and actually it was the actual plan at first. But Chase just doesn’t want her to go, not just yet.

So he started driving in the direction of his most favourite place in this town.

After driving for around twenty minutes the car came to a halt and when Cara came out of the car, she could not help but be surprised and fascinated by the view in front of her eyes.

He has drove her to a lakeside. It looked like a private property. And it was indeed a private property of Chase’s family. Actually it was under his own name. A gift from his late grandfather.

The view was mind blowing. No sound was heard around the lake. The water was so still that it looked like a mirror where the moon could stare at it’s own beauty and admire it for all night long.

The mild breeze was blowing her hairs causing them to sway around her beautiful face in an artistic way.

She was admiring the beauty of the place where as he was busy in admiring something else, someone else. His eyes were glued to her trying to take in everything he could at this moment.

“It’s so beautiful’ she said and he just blurted without even waiting for a second, “Indeed”.

She moved her gaze to him and her breath hitched when she found him staring at her, with that softness in those orbs.

“Can we sit?” she asked in attempt to distract him or get him to look away from her face but instead of saying anything or looking away, he just took her hand in his and guided her to the bench.

Both of them settled down on it and again started admiring the beauty in front of them. She the lake and him, well we all know.

Cara was aware about his gaze fixed on her and it was causing her heart to beat so loudly that she felt like it would pop out of her chest at any moment.

She pushed her hairs behind her ear, out of nervousness. His eyes followed the movement.

She looked at him to find him still staring down at her.

“Why are you staring at me like that?” she asked finally.

“I don’t know. But I just don’t want to look away” he replied softly. His voice was so soft and deep when he said that.

It caused butterflies in her stomach and she bit her lips due to all the nerves she was feeling.

His eyes fell on her lips and his gray orbs darkened instantly.

“Cara..” he called her name in low husky voice.

“Hmm?”

“Take a deep breath” he ordered.

She frowned in confusion at his words and asked, “Why?”

“Because I am going to kiss you” he rasped out causing her to feel flip in her lower belly.

Before she knew what’s happening, his lips came crashing over hers.

Her eyes were wide open as her body froze for a moment. But soon her body relaxed and she closed her eyes and kissed him back, enjoying their first kiss. It would have been her first kiss if not for Law.

A surprised gasp left her lips and got disappeared in his mouth when he gave a jerk to her waist, pulling her closer.

Her hands on their own got wrapped around his neck. His one hand was wrapped around her waist keeping her close and another was pressed against the back of her neck, keeping her mouth to his.

The kiss was slow and gentle. Chase was feeling something which he has never felt before. It was doing something I him.

He didn’t want to pull away but he knew she needed to breath that is why he left her lips but didn’t move back.

Keeping their foreheads pressed and her body close to his, he opened his eyes breathing heavily and got mesmerized by the view in front of him.

Her eyes were closed, her breath was uneven just like his, trying to catch her breath. He took the opportunity to take in and admire each and every feature of her face.

His thumb caressed her cheekbones and she slowly opened her eyes to lock them with his stormy gray ones.

“Did you catch your breath?” he asked and she nodded her head not being able to speak at this moment.

His eyes fell on her lips again as his thumb rubbed her lower lip lightly while whispering, “Good, because I am not done yet”.

And the next moment both of their lips were attached again but this time in a little more passionate and possessive kiss.

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Cara was laying on her bed in the dorm room still trying to digest the fact that she had her first date. And it was with none other than the infamous Chase Adams himself.

It’s already past midnight but she is unable to sleep. As soon as she closes her eyes she starts feeling him all over her body.

His touch still lingering on her body somehow.

She was deep in her thoughts when she heard a knock on her door. She frowned and looked at the time and it was indeed past midnight.

‘Who could be at this hour?’ she wondered. She got out of her bed and called, “Who is it?”

After few seconds came his deep voice, “It’s me”.

Her eyes widened in shock as well as confusion. It’s Chase.

‘But what is he doing here at this time?’

She quickly opened the door and found him standing outside.

She took in his state and he looked like a mess. His eyes were bloodshot red, hairs a complete mess as if he has raked them multiple times with his hands.

His breathing was ragged. He was still wearing the same clothes he wore for their date.

She was about to ask him what’s wrong? Why is he looking like this?

When suddenly her eyes fell on his hands and all air got knocked out of her system, draining all the colours from her face.

His hands, no to be precise his knuckles, they were raw, as if he is coming here after fighting with someone.

Her scared eyes moved up to meet with his smokey gray ones.

‘What in the world is happening right now?’