Chapter 351:

It was the fear—the raw panic that gripped him when he saw that scene in the office.

Alicia cared about him, and the thought of losing such a caring person terrified him.

If that care disappeared, if Alicia’s love for him faded away… what would he be left with?

No matter what, he couldn’t let that happen.

Caden knew he had to do whatever it took to keep Alicia.

His eyes hardened as he pressed down on the accelerator, gripping the wheel tightly.

He knew where Alicia lived, and he sped toward her apartment.

When he arrived, he looked up at her window— but it was dark.

Obviously, she wasn’t home yet.

Beside him, Ciara shifted uncomfortably, her queasiness worsening from the speeding.

“You’d better go make amends yourself,” she said with a sigh, her annoyance now overtaken by nausea.

“I need to get home before I hurl.”

“I’ll have Jasmine come pick you up,” Caden offered.

her expression

check on her,” she

remember, communication is

stiff nod, his posture

tense he was, Ciara sighed

wasn’t

bluntly,

attitude in

to it,

disbelief flickering across

raised an eyebrow,

kneeling? Your grandfather was a general, and even he knelt

tightened, then

to take you home

no idea Caden was

needed space,

she sought solace in a

about the noise around

and vitality, every laugh

think of the early days with Caden—intense, impulsive, and

felt

at her lips, but it was bitter, like the aftertaste of a memory turned

have mistaken it for love? How naive! It had only been desire, a brief

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