Chasing Leah (Journey #1)

“Yep lead me away. Bye guys.”


We walk back out to the parking lot and its pretty much dark now, I can’t believe how much time we spent there it seemed to fly by. And right next to Chases jeep is Skylar and Ally. “Hey guys what are you doing here?” I ask, knowing that it’s pretty strange they would show up here, not their kind of place. At all.

“Oh Chase you are such a good secret keeper!” Ally says as she picks Caleb up and Skylar grabs his car seat to transport it into Allys car. “Chase kind of arranged things so you guys could have a little alone time. He wouldn’t even tell me where he’s taking you, can you believe that?” She stomps her foot down but I can tell by the smile creeping up on her face she’s just happy about getting us alone.

“Is that okay with you Leah? I know you don’t get a lot of time with Caleb but I figured it was pretty close to his bed time so..” He gives me a crooked grin and jams his hands in his pockets. He actually looks a little nervous that I’ll turn him down.

“Yup totally fine,” I lean down and give Caleb a kiss whose eyelids are already drooping after the long day he had. “Night baby, love you.” I lean into the passenger’s side window to talk to Ally before they take off, “He’ll probably fall asleep before you leave the parking lot. You sure you don’t mind?”

“Nope not at all, go have some fun but be prepared to spill all of the details.” I wave at her and hop into the jeep where Chase is waiting for me.

“Well there was your fun. Now I’m taking you to your relaxation,” he says.

What in the world could he be taking me to for relaxation? A massage maybe? We pull up to a building just on the edge of town called Oasis. Chase grabs the black duffel bag out from the backseat and we head towards the building where he checks us in. The attendant at the desk looks to be around my age and clearly has the hots for Chase. Who wouldn’t though? I don’t think she even noticed I was with him as she batted her eyelashes at him and left her hand on his a minute too long when handing him his credit card receipt.

“Right this way Mr. O’Neil,” she says as she sways her hips seductively down the narrow hall. “You’ll be in the Rainforest suite tonight.” She glances behind Chase at me like she just noticed I was there.

A suite! Did Chase seriously just bring me to a motel? Was this one of those charge by the hour type of deals? Now I know what Chase meant by ‘relaxation’. Well it was about to be a whole lot of not relaxing for him in a minute when my knee introduces itself to his balls.

Chase holds the door open for me and I step in already tensing for a fight. When I enter there’s a small bathroom to the right with a separate area for changing and a low bench with white fluffy bath towels. A clear glass door leads to an outdoor area with what looks like a hot tub. Oh ‘kay that’s what Chase was talking about. I feel the tension release from my shoulders as Chase sets his bag down.

“Well were you surprised? Have you ever been here before?” He asks as he rifles through his bag and pulls out a pair of black board shorts.

I look back at him with a smile, “No I haven’t but you really are a good planner. This is exactly what I need, you wouldn’t imagine how many aches and pains I get from waitressing and then running around campus all day. And not to mention hauling Calebs butt around sometimes, he’s getting to be a little porker.”

He walks into the bathroom and shuts the white curtain that separates the room into two. I slide out of my jeans and shirt and throw my hair into a messy bun. Chase steps out with his shorts on, “Wow you look amazing Leah. I’m not gonna lie and say I didn’t have ulterior motives in bringing you here, I just wanted to see you in a bikini.” I shove him playfully as we walk out the glass door to the enclosed area surrounded by three tall walls. There’s an outdoor fireplace in the corner that’s lit and surrounded by small waterfalls and low lighting. “Well you don’t look to bad yourself Mr. O’Neil.” And that is far from the truth. He looks sexy as hell. His chest as I suspected is broad and firm with a flat stomach and his trunks are hung low on his hips.

We both slowly sink into the hot tub sitting on opposite sides. “Ahh,” I moan. “That feels so nice.” Chase looks over at me with a smirk and shakes his head. I notice he brought his bag out with us and set it near the edge of the tub. He begins to pull out two wine glasses and a bowl of strawberries.

“Wow you seriously think of everything don’t you?” I ask as he fills a glass with champagne and hands it to me. I take a small sip and set it to the side.