Caden loved me, and I had to go check on my stupid stepbrother. Those two thoughts repeated through my mind. I could only sit there, my mouth on the floor.
Oh my God. Caden actually loved me. I never thought… How could…
“There’s nothing plain about you. Don’t let some dickhead like your stepbrother make you think that.”
The idea that Caden could love me had never entered my realm of possibilities. I wasn’t just floored, I was actually still on the floor. But I had to find him. Kevin could wait.
I went outside, but I couldn’t find him. Anywhere. He wasn’t in the backyard, in the house. He wasn’t on the lawn, and I couldn’t see his Land Rover either. He left.
I couldn’t believe it. I stood there in the doorway of his shed, deciding what to do, then my phone buzzed a text.
Let me know a
