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When I opened my eyes to see what happened, I let out a shocked gasp when I saw the blonde lying on the ground holding his head, while Chace was now standing in front of me with his back towering and protecting over me. So I guess he was just acting.

As he stood in front of me with his back towards me, I sneakily checked out his back. It was so broad and muscular that I couldn't help drooling just by looking at it. I wonder how it feels to hold it? Let's see! I slowly raised my hand and ran my palm over his back and then I went to hold his shoulder. So strong, yum!

Shut up and snap out of it Sophie! Come back to reality and stop checking out Chace.

"So you wanna play the tough way?", I heard one of the guys ask Chace but I couldn't see who because Chace was tall enough to block my view ahead. All I could see was his yum- I mean back.

"Bring it on", Chace said and although I couldn't see his face, I could still hear the challenging smirk by his voice.

"Psshh chace", I slowly called out his name but I think he couldn't hear it.

"Chace", I whisper yelled again this time and I think he heard me.

"What?", he asked with his face still looking at the remaining three guys because the one Chace hit was still lying unconscious on the ground.

"What are you trying to do?", I asked him and he brought his one hand behind him, pushing me more on the side than I already was. The next thing he did was intimidating as well as hot, he took his jacket off, leaving him in his half sleeve white t-shirt which displayed his amazing muscles on full display. He then took his expensive Rolex watch off and handed them both to me by one hand, and I quickly took it from him.

"You stay here, let me deal with them", this is the last thing he said before he launched himself on one of the guys. He caught them off guard so I guess that was good. Unfortunately, as Chace landed a punch on the guy's face, I felt myself go weak since I hate violence due to my past. I always go weak on my knees and feel unwell when there is violence going on.

I usually feel bad when someone gets beaten up, but these guys deserve it. Chace kept on landing kicks and punches on the three guys whenever they tried to get in the way and hurt Chace. I know these guys deserve it, yet I couldn't afford to see the sight of someone getting beaten up like this. Chace was too violent on them and he didn't stop even for a second to relax. I could see some sort of dangerous aggression in his eyes which was scary. He looked like a professional fighter.

I closed my eyes because my fear from violence was taking the best of me. I could still hear the painful cries of the guys and so I quickly covered my ears with my hands because I can't afford to go all weak right now, sliding my body across the wall to sit down. I kept my eyes closed and ears covered until I couldn't hear anymore screams and cries. I slowly opened my eyes and saw Chace kicking a guy who was already unconscious. Once he turned towards me, I quickly got up from the ground and ran to Chace, wrapping my arms around his neck and hugging him like my life depended on it. He was hesitant at first but then he slowly brought his hands to wrap around my waist, hugging me back as tightly as I was hugging him, and that's when a sob left my mouth.

"There there sweet butt, they got what they deserved", he tried to console me but I couldn't help my sobs and tears. Violence always reminds me of my past which leaves my soul shaken.

"I hate violence", I slowly whispered in Chace's ears once my sobs were over. He didn't answer and kept me in his arms until I was fine. I am sure his shirt id soaked with my tears.

After a while of us standing there, I backed away from him and looked at his face, giving him a grateful smile, which he returned with a genuine smile, showing off his cute dimples.

"Let's have some fun tonight", he suddenly said and I gave him a confused look.

"I mean, let's go and party with our friends", he clarified and I nodded my head. I quickly started walking back to the dance floor area when suddenly Chace caught my wrist, stopping me from going further. When I turned to look at him, he came behind me and wrapped his jacket around my shoulders.

"No it's fine", I tried to refuse and took his jacket off, but he caught my hands.

"Your dress is torn from behind", he said and I immediately wore his jacket without another word, making him chuckle at my speed as I glared at him. He took my hand in his and started walking towards the main area, as I quietly followed him.

Once we reached the dance floor, we started walking through people to reach the tables where all our friends were seated. It was so uncomfortable for me to walk through sweaty people, couples who were fans of PDA, etc. On the other hand, Chace was comfortably walking through the crowd while girls tried to stop and grind on him. I thought he would reply to their flirting but he actually ignored them and kept walking. There were guys who were trying to touch me on the wrong places and Chace saw that. He quickly pulled my hand, making me bump into his chest. I looked at him in confusion which was soon cleared when he wrapped his hands around my waist, shielding me from behind and pushing me to keep walking.

Once we reached the table where I had left my friends earlier, I saw that James and Jayden were now sitting with them along with one more guy whose back was towards us. When they looked at me and Chace walking like this, they all smiled at us cheekily while waving at us.

"Hey guys", I greeted them and tried to walk ahead when I was pulled back. That's when I realized Chace was still holding me tight.

"Chace, let me go now at least", I said and he grinned, loosening his grip so I could escape. I quickly went and sat beside Andrea.

"Where were you both? And why are you wearing Chace's jacket?", James asked with a mischievous smirk as I turned to glare at him.
I was about to answer him when the a well built who I couldn't see earlier was now sitting in front of me, which left my mouth open in shock. He was....

"Daniel!", I screamed my brother's name on the top of my lungs as he smiled at me. I got up from my seat and attacked him for a bear hug, as he laughed and hugged me back.

"Hey Soph", he said and kissed my cheek lightly, which made me back off and clean it with the back of my palm, scrunching my nose in disgust. He is my brother but i hate it when people kiss my cheek like that. But I again launched myself at him and continued hugging him.

Suddenly a strong pair of arms caught hold of my waist and pulled me back, away from my brother.
"You shouldn't hug guys like that", Chace whispered in my ear so only I could hear. I turned to look at him and saw that he looked really angry and.....jealous. That made me bust out in laughter.

"You are angry because I hugged him?", I asked and Chace looked away from me, trying to avoid my question. I freed myself from his hold and went to sit beside Daniel when Chace pulled me back before I could set my butt on the seat next to him. Chace kept pulling me until I was seated beside him. What is wrong with him?

"Sit with me", Chace ordered and I narrowed my eyes at him. What has gotten into him suddenly?

"Let me sit with Daniel", I said and was about to get up again when Chace pulled me into his lap, locking his arms around my waist tightly.

"Let me go", I said and struggled to get out of his grip but it was too tight.

"Nope. Now be a good girl and sit beside me or else you will be sitting on my lap the whole time", he threatened and I planned to act as if I was going to sit properly. I sat in his lap quietly until his grip loosened on my hips. I took this chance to quickly get up and run to sit beside Daniel. By now, all our friends were looking at us with amusement while Chace was throwing daggers at my direction with his eyes, if looks could kill, I would be ten feet under the ground by now.

"How are you Daniel?", I asked my brother and he turned to look at me with a smirk.

"I am fine, how are you baby girl?", he asked and I was about to answer when a voice interrupted me.

"Baby girl? From what angle does she look like a baby?", Chace asked and I turned to glare at him and explain when I thought I don't need to give any clarifications to him.

"I am fine bugs bunny", I said and Daniel made a face at the nickname I gave him when we were small.

"Bugs bunny? From what angle does he look like that?", Chace interrupted us again and I slowly leaned against the table, hitting Chace's shoulder lightly.

"What's wrong with you? It's our nicknames for each other so quit it", I said and got back to sit on my chair.

"Whatever!", Chace said and huffed out a breath, looking here and there. I shook my head and turned to Daniel again.

"Where were you? You said you will meet me as soon as I reach New York", I asked and he gave me an apologetic smile.

"I got busy with the summer camp I was attending. Sorry", he said and I nodded my head in understanding. I am happy my brother is here now.

"Excuse me", I heard a females voice call out and we all turned to her direction. It was a pretty blonde girl who was standing beside Chace's chair, looking at us. I turned to grab my drink and have a sip of it as I was really thirsty.

"Can I borrow your boyfriend for a dance?", she suddenly asked and I spit all my drink on James, who looked at me as if I pooped on him.

"Sorry", I muttered to him and turned to look at the girl.

"He is not my boyfriend", I said and she looked at Chace in confusion.

"But he said your his girlfriend", she explained and I looked at Chace, who was looking at me expectantly and pleading me with his eyes to not allowed him to go. Looks like he doesn't want to go with her.

"You know what? You can have him", I said and smiled innocently at Chace who was giving me a murderous look, as he stood up from his chair unwillingly while the girl was bouncing up and down in excitement. Serves him right for stopping me from talking to my brother.

After Chace went, everyone turned to me and suddenly bust out in laughter as I gave them a confused look.

"What?", I asked and they all kept laughing. After they all calmed down, Jayden turned to me and smiled.

"Didn't you see what was Chace trying to do?", Andrea asked and I shook my head negative.

"He was jealous seeing you so close to another guy", Jayden explained and it took me a minutes to realise who was he talking about.

"He was jealous because I was talking to Daniel?", I asked and they all nodded their heads.

"Well, he likes you so obviously he is going to be jealous", James said and that made me laugh. He was jealous because I was talking to my brother? He is seriously something.

"How stupid can a guy be? He got jealous because I was talking to my brother", I said and they all agreed with me. I turned to look at Chace on the danced floor and saw him doing weird dance steps which would scare away anyone who is sane. When Chace saw me looking at him while laughing, he suddenly pulled the blonde girl close to him and started grinding on her, and her being slutty did followed his lead. That seemed to shut my laughter immediately as I turned back to my front and stared at my friends.

"Player", I whispered to myself so that no one could hear. Everyone was busy talking and by now, even my own brother got busy with Savannah. After some time, he asked Savannah for a dance which she accepted immediately. Looking at them, Andrea asked James and Olivia asked Noah for a dance. So now only me and Jayden were sitting on the table, sipping on my drinks awkwardly.

"Sophie", Jayden called out and I put my drink down on the table, looking at him to continue.

"I just wanted to say that I know you love hunter a lot, but I had something about him which may seem like he is cheating on you", he said and I froze on my seat.

"What?", I asked and he took his phone out of his jacket, opening the photos and handing it to me. It was a picture of hunter hugging some female, which definitely wasn't me. The girl's back was towards the camera because of which her face wasn't on display. All I could see was hunter's face.

"How did you get this?", I asked as I kept staring at the picture with shaky hands.

"Sources, which can't be shared", is all he said and I nodded my hand, handing him his phone back with my frozen hands.

"I am so sorry for spoiling your night, but I couldn't hold it anymore", Jayden apologised and I smiled at him.

"It's fine, I am glad you told me. And don't worry, I am not going to jump to conclusions until it's officially proved that he's cheating on me. This girl maybe some relative of his", I said and Jayden was about to answer when suddenly someone pulled me off my seat by my arm and started running towards the exit. Thankfully I was fast enough to grab my purse from the table which had pepper spray in it. I was about to protest when I noticed that it was Chace who was pulling me.

"What the hell! Where are you taking me?" I asked and tried to free myself but his hold tightened and he didn't answer my question.

"Slow down! These heels hurt", I tried to stop him and he did, but instead of standing, he quickly wrapped his hands behind my knees and back and picked me up bridal style, continuing his run to the exit. I started hitting his chest and kicking my legs in the air but it didn't bother him at all. Times like these make me wish I was more heavier.

When we reached outside in the club's parking lot, Chace finally put me down on my feet. The sun was still up so it was bright outside. I then turned and started screaming at him.

"WHAT THE ACTUAL FREAKING HELL WAS THAT?", I yelled at him at the top of my lungs as he stood there casually leaning against a bike.

"Cool down sweet butt", he said and I took deep breaths in and out to calm down. When I was done, I folded my arms and looked at him in question, tapping my foot impatiently on the ground.

"That blonde who took me was becoming too clingy for my liking. So I said I had to leave the club with my girlfriend", he explained as I started laughing at his situation.

"When did you start running from girls?", I asked and he smirked.

"Since I met you, girlfriend", he said and my laughter died down immediately.

"I am not your girlfriend", I said and turned around to back into the club when Chace caught my wrist, stopping me.

"I don't want to go inside", he whined and went to stand in front of him.

"Where will you go then? What about your friends inside?", I asked and he thought for a minute, before he smiled.

"Let's go to the beach", he said and I nodded my head.

"Then go", I said and turned around to leave again when he came around and stood right in front of me, blocking my way.

"I meant you and me", he said and I shook my head in disapproval.

"Nope", I said and tried to side step, but he did the same and blocked my path again.

"Please", he begged and gave me puppy dog face and a cute pout. No Sophie, don't fall for it!

"Nope", I refused again and his face fell, when suddenly his face lit up like an idea popped into his mind.

"How about I buy you ice cream of your choice before we go to the beach?" he offered and I smiled like a child at the sound of ice cream. What? Your never too old for a free ice cream!

"Promise?", I asked and he nodded excitedly.

"Promise of my ex girlfriends", he said and I shook my head in disapproval.

"Promise on something important to you. You won't mind if your ex girlfriends die because of your fake promise", I demanded and he chuckled before looking at something behind me.

"Fine! Promise on my amazing valuable bike", he said and pointed behind me. When I turned to look at his bike, I gasped when I saw the model he was using. It was a black and red colour Ducati 1198 R Corse SE which I think is about 84,000 dollars. I know so much about cars and bikes because I always research on them whenever I get time. It's interesting.

"No way!", I exclaimed loudly and ran towards his bike, running my fingers on the soft leather seats which seemed comfortable.

"You like it?", he came to stand beside me and asked with amusement.

"It's amazing", I said and he grabbed his helmet which was placed on the bike's seat, handing it to me as I took it from him and wore it.

"What about you?", I asked and he waved his hand off, indicating that it's fine.

"I am fine until my sweet butt is fine. Otherwise powderpuff girls would kill me of their biggest fan got hurt because of me", he teasingly winked at me and I hit his shoulder playfully.

"I swear if you weren't buying me an ice cream, I would have killed you long back", I said and turned to sit on the bike when I stopped.

"What's wrong?", Chace asked and I turned to him awkwardly, taking off my helmet.

"I am scared to ride on bikes", I whispered in a small tone and Chace stood there for a second before he bust out in laughter.

"It's not funny!", I yelled as he kept on laughing. In anger, I threw his helmet in his hands and turned on my heel to leave when he pulled me back.

"Alright alright, I am sorry", he apologized but I didn't look at him, indicating that I was still angry.

"Come on, I am sorry. Here, I will help you", he said and handed the helmet back to me as I snatched it from his hands. I wore it back as Chace climbed onto the bike, me following him. I hesitantly wrapped my hands around his shoulders and he turned around in his seat.

"Why are your hands shaking?", he asked and I realized myself shivering in fear.

"I told you, I am scared to ride on a bike", I replied and he nodded his head, taking my hands of his shoulder and warping them around did torso.

"The only way to get rid of the fear of doing something is to go out and do it!" Chace said seriously and I laughed at his face, when did he become so serious?

"Where did you hear that one?", I asked him as he started driving the bike out of the parking lot.

"That's not important, whoever wrote it, you should concentrate on the deep meaning of this quote", he argued and tried to avoid my question.

"Please tell me", I begged and I heard him sigh.

"That's my own saying", he said and I laughed again. He is such a fool to think I will believe him.

"Nope! That's a quote I read somewhere but I can't remember who wrote it", I said and refused to believe him. And I am not lying, I read it in the library but I can't remember the writer's name.

"Exactly! Because it's written by me, not some old woman or dude", Chace said and I smiled at his thoughts.

"Whatever you say!", I said and that's when Chace's bike caught speed, zooming on the main road on a high speed, making me jerk back a bit on my seat and the only thing preventing me from falling was my arms tightly wrapped around Chace's torso.

As the bike caught more speed, the cold air made me shiver even when I was wearing Chace's jacket. My dress was short and the wavy silk ruffles flew in the air behind me, but I quickly pulled them on my lap with one hand because there were chances of them writing stuck on the tiers.

"THIS IS AMAZING!", I screamed at the top of my lungs so that Chace could hear my voice over the loud thumping of the air hitting our bodies and giving us a feeling of adrenaline, which felt mind boggling.

"I TOLD YOU SO", Chace shouted back and I leaned my head slowly against his back, closing my eyes and enjoying this amazing feeling in my gut. The rest of the ride, neither did I speak nor did Chace, as we silently enjoyed this ride.

Once the bike came to a stop, I pulled my head up and whined, making Chace chuckle. I looked around me and realised we were at the beach. 

"Let's go get you ice cream. After that we will go and sit on the seaside and wait for the sunset", he said and I nodded my head in approval at his plan. I got of the bike and took of his helmet, placing it on the seat like earlier. I turned to leave when I felt Chace pull my dress.

"Your dress was up", he explained and I quickly tugged my dress down, but it was already done my Chace.

"Thanks", I said and he nodded as he took my hands in his and guided me to the ice cream parlour which was located at the seaside. As we entered, the smell sweet smell made me sniff the parlour like a dog, making Chace laugh at me as I tried to ignore his laughter.

I ran to the counter behind which a woman in her mid fifties was sitting on the stool. When she saw us, she gave us a welcoming smile and came up to us.

"Hello dears, how may I help you?", she asked as she kept smiling at her and I smiled at her back.

"Hi! We wanted two large ice cream cones please", Chace replied politely and she nodded her head, walking to stand behind the ice cream freezer, grabbing two ice cream cones on the way.

"Which one?", she asked and I immediately jumped in front of Chace so that I could order first.

"One chocolate scoop with a few sprinkles", I ordered and she turned around to grab the ice out of the freezer, pulled it out with the  scoop spoon, putting it on one of the cones.

"You like chocolate?", Chace asked and I nodded my head excitedly.

"Eww!", he exclaimed and my face dropped at his comment.

"How can you hate chocolate ice cream?", I asked him in shock but he just shrugged.

"What about you son?", the ice cream lady asked and Chace roamed his eyes on the list of flavours stuck on the counter.

"Cookie dough", he ordered and she took a scoop of cookie dough ice cream and shifting it on the empty cone. She then came on the sprinkles area and asked us which sprinkles did we want and that they had additional charges of 25 cents. Chace didn't put any whereas I had some other plans for my free ice cream.

"All of them", I said and Chace and the lady both looked at me like I was crazy.

"What?", I asked and Chace looked at the boxes of sprinkles available.

"They all may fall off the cone dear", the lady explained but I smiled at her.

"It's fine ma'am, I will take care", I said and she nodded, immediately starting to put one spoon of all the sprinkles. Once she was done, she handed me my cup and went to the cash counter for the payment.

"That would $15.78", she said and Chace took out his wallet, taking out a note of 20dollar and handing it to the lady. She returned his change but he gave it to her as a tip as I looked at him in shock.

"You gave her such a big tip?", I asked in shock as we exited the ice cream parlor and started walking towards the beach.

"So what? I am the son of a rich businessman, five dollars is nothing to me", he said and shrugged as he licked his ice cream. As we reached the sand area, we sat on it and looked at the families and couples enjoying their time at this beach in silent, licking on our ice creams occasionally. When Chace was done with his, he suddenly stood up as I looked at him in confusion, still licking on my remaining ice cream.

"What?" I asked and he didn't answer. Instead, he took off his shirt first and then slowly unbuckled his belt, taking off his pant making me close my eyes immediately.

"You don't need to close your eyes sweet butt. I am in my boxers", he said and I shook my head in a no and brought my hand quickly to cover my eyes, holding my ice cream with another hand.

"Oh come on", he protested and started pulling my hands off my eyes, in which he succeeded. I finally opened my eyes reluctantly when I noticed that he still had his boxers on which were decent enough. 

"Why did you take off your cloths?", I asked in confusion and he pointed towards the water.

"Let's go swimming", he said and I immediately nodded my head in disapproval.

"Are you crazy?", I asked and he just laughed.

"Oh come on, it will be fun", he said and I showed him my ice cream.

"I still have to finish this", I said and was about to lick it when my delicious chocolate ice cream was pulled away from my mouth and snatched away from my hand, and the culprit was Chace. He took it and tormented me about it by waving it in the air. I thought he was just scaring me so I didn't pay attention to him. Suddenly, he threw it off in the sand which made me stand on my foot and launch myself at him in anger but I missed him by an inch because he started running towards the water.
And since I decided to take my ice cream's revenge from him, I started running as well and followed him. But unfortunately he had entered the water before I could catch hold of him and I didn't want to enter the water. I hated beach waters because I was scared of them. Daniel always told me they had scary creatures in it.

"STOP!", I screamed and he just kept laughing because I couldn't catch him. That's when I decided to get over my fear of beach water. I quickly took off my dress, heels and accessories, putting them on the side. Thank god I was in my matching zebra print strapless bra and panty, which was decent enough for now. My these action seemed to shock Chace as he looked at me with fear when I slowly started walking deeper into the water towards him.

He then started running again as j followed him. I was fast enough to catch hold of his shoulder and I pushed him hard enough so that he fell into the water on his face. When he did, I stood there laughing at him, holding my stomach.

Suddenly, he stood up and turned to me with a dangerous look, which seemed to kill my laughter. I understood that he was now about to attack me and so I quickly turned on my heel started running towards the land when a pair of arms wrapped around my waist and lifted me up into the air, making me scream in horror.

"Got you", Chace said and started laughing evilly as I tried to free myself. He suddenly let go of me so that I fell into the water, making me squeal.

"Revenge is sweet", Chace said and laughed at me as I came up and glared at him. We then decided to be civil and enjoy this time swimming around. We had a fun time and we still didn't behave civilly. Instead, we started splashing water at each other and pushing each other into it.  I couldn't believe he actually helped me recover two of my stupid fears in one day. We quickly went and sat back on the shore so that we could enjoy the beautiful sunset, which was about it happen. Since it was getting cold, Chace went to the  souvenirs shop of this beach and bought two towels so that we could dry ourselves.

"Chace", I called out his name and he hummed in response as he continued looking at the beautiful sunset in front of us, leaning his hands behind him to balance himself.

"You always make me do things I never want to try. You always test my limits", I confessed and he turned to look at me with a cute genuine smile.

"That's why I met you", he said and I smiled back at him, turning in front of me to look at the sunset, thinking about my day today, and I felt strangely happy. I feel like this is where I belong.....

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