Page 23 of Still Love You

CHAPTER SIX

Silas

"What the hell were you thinking?" I ask Trent when I call him the next day. I couldn't get ahold of him until noon. Before that he texted me that he was "busy," meaning he had Haley in his bed. It was the first time she'd spent the night.

Unlike me, Trent has his own place. It's not really his. It's his uncle's but his uncle isn't there. He's a professor so he's spending the summer traveling and Trent is housesitting.  

"How was I supposed to know you were going to bring Willow with you?"

"Like you really thought I'd show up alone to the movie?"

"I thought you'd get there and find Haley and me and sit with us."

"And watch you two make out all night?" I roll my eyes. "Yeah, that sounds like something I would do."

"That's why I invited Kristy. It was supposed to be a double date, although I think Kristy wanted you all to herself."

"Yeah. That was obvious. To everyone. Including Willow."

"Hey, I was just trying to help. I thought you'd be all depressed after seeing her so I was trying to cheer you up."

"Next time¸ tell me what you're planning. No more surprises."

"So why was Willow there? I thought you were just going to drop her off at her house."

"Things were going well so I invited her to the movie."

"Was this a date?"

"No. It was just two friends hanging out."

"She seemed really pissed when Kristy showed up. If you're just friends, why the hell did she storm off like that?"

"Because she still has feelings for me. She just won't admit it."

"That's Willow. Freaking stubborn. Is she still planning to run the world someday?"

I chuckle, imagining that. "She wants to run a company, not the world."

"Whatever. The point is, as long as she has that idea in her head, she'll keep pushing you away."

"Well, I can't change her mind. It's what she wants to do."

"Does she know what you're doing for her parents?"

"No. And she's not going to find out, so don't say anything."

"If she knew, I bet she'd get back together with you."

"I don't want that to be the reason. That's not why I'm doing it."

"I'm just saying if she knew how much you were giving up to do this, she'd—"

"I don't want her getting back together with me because she feels guilty or thinks she owes me. It'll never last if that's the reason. She has to want this, more than she wants the life she's already planned for herself, and I don't know if that's ever going to happen."

"Why doesn't someone just tell her that being a workaholic CEO is not going to make her happy? Why does everyone keep encouraging this? Even her parents are going along with it, and they think corporations are the devil. They're letting their daughter work for the devil."

"Her parents will always support her in whatever she wants to do, even if they don't agree with it. You know that."

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