Chasing Imperfection (Chasing Series 2) (23 page)

    
There were four more people ahead of me in the line.
I kept repeating what she wanted in my head just in case I forget it, which I sometimes do—I have a bad case of forgetting things.

     “Long time
no
see stranger,” a voice said behind me. Was he talking to me or he’s on the phone talking to someone?

     I quickly spun around and saw a smirking Troy.
My, my
, the man still looked like a sex bomb.

     “
He
ee
y
—how are you?” I greeted him
with a firm
hug. He smelled marvelous, masculine and sexy. I smirked because I know you can’
t smell sexy but
with Troy, it’s literally oozing out of his pores.

     “
I’m fantastic, although I did wait for your call with bated breath
to
no avail.”

     Yeah….about that…Blake capsized my brain and couldn’t remember anything about that
entire
weekend
(due to excessive orgasms)
and the catastrophe that followed almost a week later.

     “I
uh
—had a lot going on. It was chaotic and
with
a
shitload of crap
.
Well
—actually no, there’s still a lot of crap going about. I can’t seem to prevent
it
from happening.”

     The line moved ahead and I was the next customer. Aloy’s still outside talking on her phone.

    
“I shan’t need more chaos in my life and yet I tend to stumble upon them. Quite lovely they are and it’
s hard not to enlist in
the chaos. I suppose I should give myself a pat on the shoulder then, should I?
” he jested.
His sexy grin distracted me for a second.

     “
Um
m
sure.”  Lame…you’re so
lame
, I scolded myself.
Seriously
, do you want to flirt with disaster?
Aren’t
Bla
ke and Kyle enough shit
storm for you?
Damn
and double damn.

     When it was my turn to order, Troy took over and paid for all three coffees and wouldn’t let me pay for any.

     “You didn’t have to do that, I could pay you know.” He ushered us in an empty couch/lounge section that was tucked on the corner overlooking the street. I can easily see Al
oy laughing as she spoke on the
phone. I smiled at her. She’s always
in
a good mood—must be nice to be that upbeat and optimistic on a daily basis.

     “I know—but I want
to. It’s
only
coffee, Sienna.”

      “You’re right. I’m being silly.” His phone rang, it was his agent. He excused himself for a bit while he took the call outside.

     I was surprised to see him. I haven’t seen him in
what?
Almost three months? London is a small town really. You bump into people you know all the time in the most unexpected places. But seriously, seeing Troy was a
nice
surprise. I forgot how good looking he was.

    
Blake
’
s
the
supreme Adonis,
a total godlike reincarnation,
an
absolute
sexy
perfection concoction
….and
m
y
beautiful addiction.

    
Kyle
’
s
ruggedly handsome
with a bad boy persona
,
has
the
magic fingers and has the angst-filled emo (raspy) voice and fabulously plays the guitar.

    
Troy
’
s
an epitome of a scruffy
uber
sexy
badass with long hair (ties it
on at the back of
his nape
like
how Becks did back in the day), has solid
six
-pack abs, and
is
one of the good guys.

    
Difficult
is it not? But it’s obvious where my heart belongs to.
Sigh
.

     “Hey!
So
—
so sorry
,
M
om took forever! Thank you for getting my coffee.” She took a look sip and made a
n
“
ahhhh
”
afterwards.

   
“Don’t thank me babe—thank
the man who
’s walking back inside.”

    
Aloy looked confused and grinned like schoolgirl when Troy sat across her. “This is Troy—an old friend and
the
one you
should
thank for the coffee
,” I explained
.
“Troy,
this is Aloy my friend from school.”

    
She totally blushed and fumbled with her words.

    
Gah
, I totally get how she feels. I remembered the first time I met him with Chad.

     “So, did your agent call
you
for another gig?”
I
address
ed
the amused man next to me.

    
“Actually, yes I have work tomorrow and need to fly out to Malaga and come back Monday.”
Spain
, he’ll be in Spai
n…
and only forty to forty-five minutes away give or take
from Marbella
—awesomeness.

     “That’s great Troy. Chad and I are actually going to be in Marbella too. Well, Chad will be staying for a month or two I believe.” Depending on how
he is and how he’s coping after his suicide attempt. My gut churned remembering him lying in the hospital bad after I got that call.

     “Brilliant! If I get the chance maybe I could see you both and we can go have dinner.” Chad would love that. He adores Troy and
his
gorgeous body.

     “Chad would absolutely love that.
Call us
—
we’
d love to meet with you. Anyhow, we have to get back to class.” Aloy and I stood up. Troy gave me a quick hug and kissed both of my cheeks. He did the same to Aloy and she looked like she was about to faint.

     Once we were out on the side street and walking
towards our building, she squealed
. “
OH MY GOD, w
hat the fuck.
What the fuck!!!
I
squirted
a little in my pants when he kissed my cheeks!
Holy shit
of shit
s
—that man was beautiful.”

    I guffawed
at
her reaction. “He
is
hot—you should see his body. The man has an
amazing
six
-pack.” She had the
“
are you fucking kidding me
?”
look.

     “I kid you not—he does. He’s a model.
You should look him up. Google Troy Scott and his abs will pop up.”
We giggled.

     “
Uhhhh I’m in love! I’m
in love
with Troy Scott!
” she sighed dreamily.

     I smiled and wrapped an arm around her shoulder. “Come on lovey dovey, we have a class to get to. You can fantasize about him once you’re nicely seated.”

     I have another hour until I Blake picks me up. God,
what am I doing?
I could’ve
stopped myself
from sleeping with Kyle but I didn’t. It’s a bit awful to have sex with someone knowing your heart belongs to someone else. It comes down to technicality and it becomes just plain old
shagging
as the Brits
would
put it.

     I want to text Kyle but I didn’t know what to say. Maybe I should see him in person and check if he’s okay. I could drop by and say hi later tonight or
tomorrow
before Chad gets discharged.

15

Blake

     Sienna was silent the whole dr
ive to the hospital. She kept biting her bottom lip and picking
at
her nails.

     I took her hand and placed it on my thigh. I needed to feel her even if it was just her hand.
She didn’t resist when I pulled her hand away and held it. It seemed to calm her I think, she stopped fidgeting.
Her
hand was soft and warm. I love everything about this woman even her fickle heart.

     I asked my assistant, Luke to join us to travel
with us
to Marbella. I think he could be good for Chad
. Luke openly
swings in the other side of the court and
possibly
could help Chad sort his thoughts out.

    
The only thing that I’m afraid of is
if
Cha
d tries to pull another stunt
and s
ucceeds the next time. He requires
a
good amount of
help and I’m going to make sure he gets
it
and then some
. He needs
a resilient
support syste
m around him.
We
mean for
him to see and feel
that all of us are with him through
this difficult time
.
We cannot fail him, not this time around.

    
My schedule is hectic and I will be travelling a lot
but I will make sure
that he has
Luce, Toby and Sienna with him as much as possible.

     Parking the car swiftly on the side of the road, I got out and opened the door for Sienna.

    
We immediately crossed the road and went inside the hospital. Upon opening the door to Chad’s room he exclaimed with annoyance, “Glad for
you
people to show up
,
especially you Brazilian.”

    
Sienna jumped on the bed and gave him a peck on the lips and squeezed both of his cheeks. “I’ve missed you too booger.”

     “I was here yesterday.
Your
annoya
nce applies to her
not
me
,
”
I said,
beaming at them both.

    
Cha
d
pouted
.
“I’m so ready to
get
out of this white-walled hiding
place
. I wa
nt
the
sun and fresh breeze on my face—and the hot Spanish inquisition in bright colored nut-hugging
S
peedos.
”
He b
eam
ed
vibrantly
.
“So, what’s up chica? What’s the latest
four-one-one,
babylove?”

     Sienna’s smile wavered, “I’ll tell you all about it tomorrow. We’re here to speak to Dr. Hill and arrange your discharge tomorrow morning.
Let’s focus on that.
”
She looked off. So, I interjected before Chad raise
d
more questions.

     “I will have Robert pick
up
Sienna and drive her here to pick you up. Then you two will go back to your studio in Camden so you can pack. When th
at’s done, Robert will drive both
of you lovely creatures to the airport where I’ll be waiting
.”

    
Sienna looked at me, “I thought you’d be here tomorrow when I pick up Chad?”

     I shook my head, “Sorry, I will be detained. I have a video conference at eight in the morning and another one around nine-thirty. I promise I’ll be there to meet you two in the airport along with Toby and Luke
,
my assistant.”

     “Blake, did I tell you you’re my hero?” the
almost
vibrant looking Chad said. He still looks a little pale and a tad fragile but he’s regaining his strength. “You can thank me by getting better Chad. That’s all I ask.”

     “
I will
—I’m really sorry to put everyone out on a limb.” Chad returned to his somber state.