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I excused myself to go find my brother. I found him in his office. Cade was computer savvy like our old man. He followed in his footsteps and worked in coding with elite companies around the world. I couldn’t have been more proud of how his life turned out.
He looked up from his desk. “Hey.”
I nodded, looking around the room.
“Take a seat.”
I did.
There was no reason to beat around the bush. Cade knew why I was there. We hadn’t spoken much since what could only be described as one of the worst days of my life.
“How’s your shoulder?”
“I’ll live. How’s Hayley? Is she all right?”
“She’s processing but working through it. The kids help with that.”
“Yeah, I imagine they would.”
He leaned back into his leather chair. “And Paige? How is she holding up?”
“She’ll be fine.”
“Good.”
“Where is she?”
“With Hayley. We need to talk.” I leaned forward, setting my elbows on my knees with my hands out in front of me. “I’m not going to waste another minute hiding anything from you. I love Paige. I always have. While I would like to have your blessing, it won’t stop me from being with her. That doesn’t mean it won’t matter to her.”
“These last few days, I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about everything that happened. I spent so many years angry with myself for not protecting her from you. I knew how you were with women. I just didn’t think you’d betray me like that.”
“Cade—”
“I’m not even talking about the betrayal for her being my best friend. I’m simply speaking about how you could fuck her over like that. Knowing with every part of you how important she was to me. Like she was just another conquest for you and that cost me my best friend. I didn’t understand how you could fuck us both over like that and I spent years trying to forgive you because that’s what brothers do, right?”
“I didn’t expect that to backfire on me, Cade. I thought she’d just lose me. Not you too.”
“I could’ve handled you telling me you love her over what you did, Adrian. I mean, don’t get me wrong. I probably would have been pissed at first. Mostly because you snuck around and lied to me. But at the end of the day, you’re my brother and she was my best friend. I would’ve gotten over it.”
“I never meant to hurt her or you. I was just trying to do the right thing. It’s the only justification I have.”
“What happens now between the two of you is your business.”
“So if I wanted to marry her? Make some babies?” I hid back a smile. “You’d come to the wedding?”
He scoffed a chuckle. “I guess I’d be the man of honor.”
That was all that needed to be said before I added, “Let’s get a fucking drink.”
Paige
“Should we go check on them?” I questioned, sitting at their kitchen island.
“I think it’s fine. We haven’t heard anyone screaming, that’s got to mean something.”
I laughed. “True.”
Her cellphone rang. “Oh, shit. I have to answer this. It’s my cousin, Haven.” She swiped her phone. “Are you okay?”
