I felt guilty in so many ways. Chase had told me that he loved me so many times and in so many ways, yet I decided to tell him that I loved him for the first time right after s*x. Maybe I wasn't the brains in the relationship after all. It didn't take much for Chase to realize the way I acted after it dawned on me that I was only saying that I loved him for the first time after we had just slept together. While I was in over my head and overthinking every single thing, Chase being Chase, tried to calm me down by saying all sorts of sweet words, but I wasn't convinced just yet, and I made a mental plan to make things up to him. Chase pulled me closer to him. “Allow me to sleep here tonight?” he asked before kissing my cheek. Smiling, I nodded. “You can sleep in my room as much as you

