Chapter 29
Devon
“Engaged?” Megan asks once more after we told her. I didn’t care if she knew or not, but she is Caydence’s best friend, and that means something to her.
“Technically, we’re already married,” I chime in. Megan looks from me to Caydence a few times before Caydence shakes her head as if to say don’t even ask.
“Well, congratulations. I think it’s great. I can tell that you really love her, Devon.”
“You can?” Caydence asks.
“Yeah. You can see it in his eyes,” she adds. Caydence looks over at me, and I smile back at her. She has to know I love her more than anything in the world.
“You really love me that much?” Caydence asks. I nod my head and grab her hand, bringing it to my lips and pressing a kiss.
“I love you more than that. I don’t think you understand just how much I love you, Caydence.”
“How much?” she whispers.
“More than anything. More than myself,” I tell her. I see the tears in her eyes, and I think she may finally understand what she means to me.
I pull her into me and hold her tightly as Megan smiles at the two of us.
“This is what I’ve always wanted for her,” Megan says after clearing her throat. Caydence pulls away from me and looks to her friend and smiles.
“Thanks, Megan. It’s just-”
“Just what?”
“I think it’s all too fast,” Caydence tells her.
“I don’t think so. Not if you love each other. I think it’s great.” I can feel Caydence tense in my arms. I think she was hoping her friend would agree with her on that.
“Exactly. I do love her,” I remind them both.
“Then we should celebrate,” Megan says. “I’ll put something together,” she adds.
“Sounds good to me. For now, I’d like to take my wife home.” Megan smiles as I stand and pull Caydence along with me. She moves to hug her friend and then returns to my side. I wrap my arm around her and lead her out to the car after all the goodbyes.
Once we’re both in, I take off for the house, needing to be alone with her.
The drive doesn’t take long, and she’s quiet the whole time, which bothers me slightly. I pull up and nod for her to get out.
“There’s one last thing I need to take care of.” She nods her head and climbs out as I go and park the car. I pop the trunk, grab my black hoodie, and tug it on over my head before grabbing the mask. I slide it on and into place before walking in the side door.
Caydence walks into the kitchen, and that’s where I go as well. She turns around and drops her glass of water, the glass shattering on the floor at her feet.
“What are you doing here?” she asks, her voice shaky now.
“Did you miss me?”
“You can’t be here. I’m married. You need to leave,” she says quickly. I smirk under my mask. Good girl. She knows who she belongs to.
“Aren’t you curious as to who I am?” She shakes her head quickly, but I know that she’s lying to me. She is interested in who I am, and I know it.
“No.”
“Lies. It’s okay. You can unmask me,” I tell her. I drop down to my knees and hold my arms out to my sides. Caydence glances around before she slowly steps toward me, glass crunching under her feet.
