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didn’t seem to want to talk to him. Besides, if he did decide to go back to Alaska, there was no point in getting involved with someone who lived in California. Chance highly doubted that someone used to the beautiful weather in Northern California would be excited about moving to frigid Alaska.
    Chance drove like a bat out of hell to get back to the hangar. He couldn’t stop the swirling confusion in his mind, and he was angry with himself for letting a woman get under his skin the way Emily had. But even as he told himself he needed to forget about her and focus on his own life, he found himself thinking that he wanted Emily to be a part of his life.
    He was a mess, and he needed to get a handle on this thoughts and emotions. Thank goodness there would plenty of good food and drinks to distract him tonight.

Chapter Four
     
    Emily quickly unlocked the door to her apartment and stepped inside, closing it firmly behind her. Then she gave her wall an angry punch. Thankfully, her arm wasn’t that strong, so she didn’t leave a hole in the wall. She did, however, leave inflamed red marks on her knuckles. Frustrated, she shook out her hand and made her way to the kitchen to put her beer in the fridge. She had wanted a drink so badly that she’d forced herself to leave her apartment to go get a six-pack, but now that she was back home she had lost her desire for a beer.
    After running into Chance at the corner store, she felt like a loser. There was no other way to put it. He had looked gorgeous in his casual outfit of blue jeans and a fitted navy t-shirt. She hadn’t been able to keep her eyes off of the way his bicep muscles bulged tightly against the sleeves of his shirt. And his skin was tanned deeply, with just a hint of stubble on his cheeks. She, on the other hand, was wearing days-old sweats and no makeup. Her hair was in a complete state of disarray, and she still had streaks of dirt on her face from where Scott had pushed her down on the ground earlier today.
    She looked like a hot mess, and, truthfully, she was a hot mess. And yet, Chance had assured her she was beautiful. She was sure that he was just trying to be nice, but, still, it felt good to have a man be nice to her. Actually it felt good to have anyone be nice to her. Now that her photography business was petering out, she had become so isolated. Trying to keep Scott appeased had become a full-time job, and she didn’t have the time or energy to pursue new clients for photo shoots. She had given up trying, telling herself it wouldn’t be long before Scott turned over a new leaf and things got better.
    Deep down, she knew she was lying to herself. He wasn’t changing, and she couldn’t keep on like this forever. She had some savings, but not enough to last much longer. What little she had in the bank was quickly draining away, and she was starting to panic at the realization that the day was quickly approaching when she wouldn’t be able to pay her rent. Something had to change, but she felt powerless to move forward. She couldn’t bear to break up with Scott, even though any feelings of affection she had for him were steadily seeping away. His angry spells were becoming more and more frequent, and his moments of acting like he actually loved Emily were few and far between these days. But she knew he had demons to deal with, and she felt like leaving him alone would somehow make her a horrible person.
    But there was no reason that she couldn’t go see Chance and his friends for a barbecue, was there? Emily frowned as the thought crossed her mind, trying to decide whether she wanted to talk herself into or out of the idea. She knew that if Scott found out she had gone to a barbecue Chance was attending, there would be hell to pay. Scott wouldn’t take too kindly to her hanging out with the guy who had beaten him up in the movie theater. Not that Scott would be supportive of Emily hanging out with any guy, not matter how harmless or innocent he