One More Chance novel Chapter 176

"Oh, God!" I dropped my body onto the chair. "What the heck!" I exclaimed as I covered my mouth with my hands. "Do you think he heard our conversation?"

"Uhm... I don't know, maybe?" she ended her answer with a question mark.

"Gosh! Have you seen the look on his face? I think he heard all of it!"

But instead of comforting her best friend, she suddenly burst into laughter.

"What the--- why are you laughing?" I asked her with a frown.

"I'm sorry, I can't help it! How I wish you had seen your face when he walked into the kitchen earlier! Jeez! You looked so damn pale, girl!" and she continued to laugh.

"It's your fault! You asked me those ridiculous questions!"

"Hey, what's the matter if I asked you those questions? They were just hypothetical questions, duh! And if ever he had heard them, well, I'm sure he knew what hypothetical question means, right?"

"But Jack..." I paused as suddenly the question 'how would I explain it to him' popped up in my head.

"What?" she grinned. "Come on, Sam, there was nothing wrong with my questions nor with your answers. Besides, you just expressed what was in your mind, and in my opinion, it's better that he finally heard them from you so he could analyze the consequences of what he did."

I just let out a long, deep sigh as I leaned back against my seat. Jack was right, I should not be bothered by what he feels right after hearing them.

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I awkwardly walked in front of Luke and my brother's table. Patrick and some of their friends were also with them and Jack was with me as we walked past them.

I felt his stares behind my back but I pretended oblivious until we sat down at the next table. They were laughing and singing now perhaps from the effect of alcohol... well, except for Luke who I always caught staring at me.

I took a deep breath as the guilt in my chest as well as the pressure I was currently getting from his stares made me feel uneasy in my seat.

"Samantha, what is going on with you? You seemed like a cat on a hot tin roof, for God's sake!"

"Ouch!" I complained when I felt Jack's palm on my thigh.

"Can you sit still?"

"But that's what I'm doing!"

"Oh, hell, you're not! Come on, if you're wondering if he overheard our last conversation and if you're bothered by what he feels, why don't you just pull him to the other edge of the swimming pool and talk to him?"

"I'm not bothered!"

"Tss! Yeah, of course, you're not! I'm your best friend, so I believe you!" the sarcasm was clear in her voice.

I shook my head as I chuckled at her.

"Oops! It's your chance now to talk to him!"

"What?" I frowned, but then followed what she was looking at only to see Luke walking toward the other side of the pool. "What do you want me to do?"

"What the heck--- of course, you need to stand up and follow him, duh! He's talking to someone on the phone so you stay behind him and wait for him until he's done talking to whoever that someone is!"

"But Jack...!" I hesitated to get up.

"Will you stand up and follow him or will I shout and call him and tell him that you want to talk to him? Which of the two?"