Honey You Are My Lucky Star (Callen and Chelsea) novel Chapter 74

"Chelsea, what are you looking at?" Sienna's voice interrupts my thoughts.

I look up at her, just in time to meet Jonah's eyes, and then I quickly look away.

"Let's have dinner with Jonah, shall we?" Sienna asks with a smile.

Having dinner with Jonah means I have to watch Harrison with another woman. I don't think I can take it.

I force a smile. "No, it's too weird. Take your time and I'm gonna leave. I've got plans."

With that, I take my purse and stand up, ready to leave.

Sienna looks dissatisfied. "No, you promised to have dinner with me."

As soon as she finishes, Jonah says, "Chelsea, you know Harrison, don't you? There's nothing weird about us having dinner together."

I look at Jonah. To be exact, I don't know why he said this. He has always wanted me to stay away from Harrison.

Did he ask me to stay because he wanted me to give up on Harrison?

Jonah walks up to me and says in a voice that only I can hear, "Can't you face the reality?"

He goes over to hold Sienna's hand, and Sienna takes my hand. Then, we go to the private room together.

There're five people in this room. Besides Harrison and that woman, there are two men and a woman. They seem to know each other, and I'm a total outsider.

I sit next to Sienna and a strange woman. Then, I smile at her.

"Who's this lady?" The woman beside Harrison asks Jonah.

Jonah doesn't answer her directly. Instead, he says to Harrison next to him, "Don't you want to introduce her to us?"

"For what?" Harrison looks at me casually and says, "We're just friends."

We're just friends. I can't get this sentence out of my head.

Actually, he's right. The kiss or the sex is my way of thanking him for helping me. If I hadn't borrowed money from him, I never would have had the chance to sleep with him.

Jonah smiles at me. "See? He said you were just a friend."

"That's right," I reply with a smile.

Except for the three of us, everyone in the room probably thinks Jonah's joking with me. But he actually said it on purpose.

He wants me to face the reality. Just like he told me before, Harrison and I aren't gonna work out.

I should thank him for pulling me out of a dream. A few hours ago, I naively thought Harrison and I were like a couple.

I didn't say anything to Harrison again. The woman next to him keeps picking up food for him.

Sienna talks to me from time to time. I'm not in the mood to chat, but I still try my best to keep calm.

Fortunately, this dinner is over soon. Sienna asked Jonah to take me home, but I refused. I don't want to hear any more about Harrison. I'm afraid I'll break.

He didn't say no to me last night, so I've been lying to myself that he actually cares about me. I was so wrong.