Chapter 911:

His composed response left Alicia at a loss for words. This wasn’t the fiery, impulsive man she once knew. His maturity was unsettling, even unnerving. Could two years really change someone this drastically?

Alicia watched him pack up the ingredients he had been preparing. Her chest tightened. “What are you doing?”

Caden’s tone was calm but distant. “I’m too upset to eat. No dinner tonight.”

Alicia scrambled to find the right words. “Then should I not eat either?”

“Didn’t you text me earlier saying you’d already eaten?” Caden replied evenly.

Her casual lie from earlier came back to bite her, leaving her flustered. “I… I was talking nonsense. Why did you still come when I told you not to?”

right. I shouldn’t have come.” He dried his hands and added lightly, “Sorry for crashing your time with

stumbled out. “Don’t say that. You know better than anyone what kind

her, his gaze sharp and unyielding. “Are you stopping me from leaving because you’re afraid I’ll

your fiction

course!” Alicia replied

low and steady. “Then tell me, what status do I hold that makes you care so much about

she wasn’t ready to give. He wanted to

what status you have. I just want to tell you there’s nothing between Corey

bedroom as her words hung in

to see Corey sauntering out, freshly showered, casually wrapped in a

faltered when he seemed to finally notice Caden standing there. His lips curved into a

Corey tossed the towel he used to dry his hair and strolled toward Caden with infuriating ease. “If you were planning to drop by, you should’ve told me,

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