Chapter 2 #2
“Whatever,” she mutters, before turning her attention back to Kaden and ignoring me completely. Her eyes sweep over the room, a faint scowl forming on her face. “I thought you said you’ve packed already. It doesn’t even look like you’ve done anything today,” she chides.
Fixing Kaden with a puzzled look, I ask, “Why would you be packing?”
“Yeah… umm…”
He doesn’t get a chance to finish his sentence because Lucia quickly interrupts him.
“Because he’s moving in with me,” she blurts out, a smug smirk tugging at her lips.
I shoot to my feet, my glare scorching first Lucia then Kaden. “She’s joking, right? You can’t seriously be this stupid to move in with your mistress only three weeks after your wife left!” I lash out in anger.
“Fuck you, Jason. What Kaden and I do is none of your damn business!” “Kaden’s one of my closest mates. I think I have the right to know what’s going on in his life—especially after his wife just left him, no thanks to you!”
“Guys, please!” Kaden interjects as he rubs his temples, but we both ignore him and press on with our verbal sparring.
“She didn’t have to leave. No one forced her out of the house. She decided to walk out on her marriage.”
“Because you were fucking her husband, you dumb bitch!”
Lucia gasps. “Oh my God!” She glares at Kaden, arms crossed over her chest. “Are you seriously going to let him talk to me like that?” she snaps, but he just continues rubbing his temples, as if trying to block out the noise.
When she realises he won’t be coming to her defence, she turns to me, her expression full of anger and annoyance. “Just so you know, Kaden was already going to leave her for me because in the end I was the one who made him happy!”
A bitter laugh rips from my throat. “Look at him!” I shout, gesturing to Kaden, slumped on the chair with his head bowed and his hands clasped behind it. “Does he look happy to you?”
“You don’t know shit about us, okay! So why don’t you run along and worry about yourself, instead of interfering in our relationship!” she spits out.
“You’re right, I don’t know shit because I couldn’t give a fuck about you and your relationship. What I do care about is how my best friend just threw away ten years with an amazing woman, just to be with someone like you—a filthy homewrecking whore!”
“Jason, that’s enough!” Kaden finally snaps as he shoots up from the couch. “Both of you, just stop fucking fighting! I can’t stand it anymore!”
“Well, tell your guard dog to back off,” Lucia sneers.
“Tell your slut to get the fuck out!” I retort.
Kaden expels a long, tired breath. “Lucia, please just go. I’ll call you later, after we’ve all calmed down.”
“You have a week until you need to move out. So get your shit together and start packing, Kaden,” she orders hastily.
Confused, I glance at Kaden, frowning. “Why do you have to move out in a week?”
“I’ve put the house up for lease. I can’t stay here with all the memories of my wife.”
Lucia flinches ever so slightly at the mention of the word ‘wife’ and I internally laugh.
That’s right, snake—his kind, beautiful wife, someone you’ll never measure up to.
I shake my head, unable to hide my irritation. “And you thought moving in with your mistress was a good idea? Kaden, if you needed a place to stay, you could’ve just asked.”
Lucia lets out a bitter huff, and in that moment, I realise just how deeply I despise her.
I angle my head so my eyes level with hers. “What are you even doing here? You have no right to walk into this house after everything you’ve done. Haven’t you already taken enough from Skylar?”
“You know, I find it odd how fixated you are on Skylar. Do you have a little thing for her, huh?” she says, her tone dripping with accusation.
Kaden steps between us, and only then do I realise I’ve edged closer to her without noticing. “Please, stop this—both of you,” he pleads, letting out a long, exasperated sigh. “You’re only making things worse.”
I take a step back and turn my attention back to my best friend. He knows I’ve never looked at his wife in an intimate way. He also knows I’ve always treated Skylar like family, as if she were my own sister. But I’m not about to stand here and justify myself to his stupid mistress.
“Can’t you see how in denial she is? She’s a complete nutjob!
” I shake my head at Kaden, my anger and irritation palpable.
“I’m not even going to dignify her ridiculous statement with a response.
She’s not worth explaining myself to. Honestly, I don’t know what you see in her, Kaden, but for your sake, I pray to God you know what you’re doing. ”
I glance between them one last time, my gaze heavy with disapproval and disgust, before brushing past and striding straight out the door.
Within minutes my car screeches out of Kaden’s driveway and onto the road, a rush of relief instantly washing over me as I put distance between myself and those two imbeciles.
I started the day feeling great after seeing Mila, but now my mood has completely soured, all thanks to that pathetic bitch Lucia. Kaden better have a solid plan in place because if this all blows up in his face, I’m not sure how I’ll ever be able to help him.