KADE'S POV
I didn't trust Ava.
I just couldn't trust how she always seemed to be hiding something. It can't be purely coincidental that she kept ending up in compromising situations.
The incident outside her apartment building was the start of it all. Well, not really, to be fair. I don't trust people. I never have, and I never will. But I do like to give people the benefit of the doubt at least once after meeting them. Just for the sake of it.
I tried that with her, but then I realized I really shouldn't have.
When I didn't see her at the gala, I assumed she'd gotten overwhelmed and stepped outside for some fresh air. What I didn't expect was to find her outside with my brother.
Their history wasn't lost on me. And while I didn't know exactly what had happened between them, I was we
