Unknown: He was with me.
A picture popped up on my screen of Kayden with a female at a bar. They looked happy and were smiling. There had to be a mistake.Had he been lying to me this whole time? Was I just a fun fuck? Another girl to add to his list?
I stared at the picture in shock. His arm was around her shoulders, their heads were touching, and her hand rested on his forearm.
I couldn’t believe I’d been such a fool. He didn’t want me for anything more than he originally stated. He didn’t do relationships, only friends-with-benefits.
I never responded to the message.
I knew by the picture that it was Lisa. I’d seen a picture of her before. I seethed, and I felt like my heart was being torn into a million little pieces. Kayden had lied to me. Was this the first lie, or had everything been a lie? I didn’t want to know the answer. I was done being a fool and a pawn.
Kayden: Logging in to Skype now. See you in a minute.
The last thing I wanted to do was see his face. I held my phone and switched back to the photo from Lisa. I climbed into bed, logged in to Skype on my iPad, and waited a moment before hitting the video button. I held the phone screen up to the camera.
“What the fuck?” Kayden asked.
I couldn’t see his face, nor did I want to, but I knew he saw the image clearly.
“Fuck off. You’re lying prick,” I said, hitting disconnect before he could respond.
I can’t believe I fell for him. I can’t believe I was blinded by his charm, good looks, and the sex… Oh, the fucking sex.
Immediately the video tried to reconnect, but I hit cancel. I didn’t want to see or talk to him. I was through with his lies.
My phone began to ring, but I resisted the urge to answer. I decided to turn my phone off and try to sleep.
The anger turned to sadness…sadness about what could have been and the hole left in my chest. Tears flowed down my cheeks like a swollen river after a storm. I buried my face in my pillow and sobbed.
How could I not know he was seeing other people?
I was falling in love with him, and I’d been delusional.
13
Kayden
Damage Control
What the fuck just happened?
Why had there been an old picture of Lisa and me filling the screen? None of this made sense. My heart felt like someone was trying to squeeze it until it burst. I could barely breathe.
I tried to reconnect the video call, but she wouldn’t allow it. I called her phone, texted her, messaged her online, but she ignored me.
Panic set in. Sophia couldn’t ignore me all night, could she?
I needed to explain. There had to be some misunderstanding. How did she get that picture of us? I looked through my phone again and saw nothing to clue me in. It had to be Lisa.
Me: What did you do, Lisa?
Lisa: What are you talking about?
Me: Don’t play stupid with me. I know you sent something to Sophia.
Lisa: I just let her know that you’re mine.
Motherfucker.
