Cade lay on the bed with his face towards the ceiling, he had been staring at the ceiling for some time the playback of their conversation running through his mind. He tried to understand her standpoint point but for some reason, his own judgment could not allow him to see her point of view clearly. Maybe he was been biased thinking of himself only. “It was not too strange that she is asking us to abstain” he said to himself turning to his side. As he turned his eyes caught the clock. It had been an hour since he laid down and for some reason, his mind could not shut down so he could sleep. “Cade Fred Vale” he said sitting up and calling his name as though he was trying to call himself to order. “This is no time to worry about such things” he said and stood up going to the floor and trying to tire himself out. Maybe if he did some exercise he would be too tired to think about their conversation and just sleep off. The party stress must have not been enough to knock him out at once.
Ophelia stopped at a store from her run back, she was going to gift him something to apologize even though she did not feel as though she had done anything wrong. She was being honest with herself but she knew that their being at loggerheads was going to affect the way they acted in public and they did not need all that drama at all. She did not know his preference so she did not know what to get him instead she got him something very pricey without considering if he would like it or not. The issue was not the gift because any gift she was about to gift to him, she was sure he could afford it. She just wanted to give the gesture so he would not be mad anymore. She would have gotten him a custom-made gym wear if she had enough time but she settled with getting him an ordinary set.She waited in the living room for him so there was no way for him to run away from her. She heard him come in and the door open. She picked up the paper bag and bottled water she had prepared and went to sta
Surprisingly Ophelia agreed to make up with Cade at that moment and they agreed that having meals together while being friends was not too much as long as they did not overdo it."Let us make a pinky swear that none of us will fall in love with the other party," she said stretching her pinky to him."A pinky swear? What are you five?" he asked amused by her mind and the way it worked."Well, a pinky swear was never said to only be done by children, adults can totally make pinky swears" she said a frown and warning expression on her face."Okay, so I totally agree with you that none of us should fall in love with the other and to make it better I do not believe in love but..""Don't you dare say what if, it is impossible and will never happen so just swear now" She cut him off before he could paint a scenario. She feared that any scenario he might make up might make sense making her consider it if it ever came up."Just look at it like a ten-year contract strictly business" she explain
Cade and Ophelia went down to the car and he drove her to the venue of her meeting with her friends. As they approached the venue, Ophelia began to think of the possibility that her friends might recognize eCade but she did not think too much about it. Cade had always been that popular guy even when they were in school. Almost all girls who like to party knew that one guy who spent a lot while partying."Do you want me to wait till you are done?" Cade asked as he pulled up into the car park of the restaurant."Do you want to?" Ophelia asked taking off her seat belt and turning to face him."Well I have no idea how long it might take you so I don't know" he said shrugging as he mirrored her action."It might take us a while since it's been a while since we were all together in the same place so I don't think waiting for me is the right thing to do" Ophelia told him.He bit the corner of his lips as he thought. If he dropped her off and allowed her to use a taxi service home he would no
"Girlll" Sarah exclaimed as soon as they sat down. They had hugged each other and caught a bit while standing till one of them brought it to their attention that they had been standing for a while now.Ophelia had always stuck out like a sore thumb and luckily for her so was the same with Nancy and Sarah, they happened to meet at the university and suddenly began to compliment each other so well that they knew they had to be friends. The three of them knew of Cade and she had to hide from them the escapades she had with him that night."Don't start" Ophelia said, she knew how dramatic Sarah could be and how far they both could take their teasing. She would do the same for him."Is that the same Cade Frost?" Nancy asked not able to believe her ears. It was impossible that the man responsible for any tears in six years while in Starlit Haven looked that happy with the girl also responsible for turning so many men down as well."The same one" Ophelia responded."How did this happen? I wa
By the time they got home Ophelia was passed out on his back. He took her in and dropped her on the bed. It was as if as her back touched the bed her eyes flew open and were now staring at him. She did not take her time to process what she saw because she saw him staring down at her was not what she expected to see."What are you doing here?" she shrieked as she stood up and moved to the other edge of the bed covering her chest area with both hands."What are you doing?" Cade asked tilting his head trying to understand her actions."What are you doing here?" he asked again almost screaming this time.He stood up straight from the bent position he had been in and began to laugh doubling over and holding his knees. A frown grew on her face as she wondered what was so funny now. He was in her room and when she had caught him he was using laughter as a cover-up to get out of the situation.Her eyes felt heavy and her throat dry like she needed water. Her head pounded and her ears rang, th
Ophelia sat on the bed with the warm honey water in her hand, she could not believe how bad she had treated him just now. "He is really mature" she murmured to herself because she knew that she would not have sat still with the accusations and would definitely not have brought them something to help them feel better.She took her phone and scrolled through it, she wished she had someone she could tell how she felt about what was going on. Her mind randomly ran to Green and she wondered why she thought of him. He was well aware of the terms of her marriage, maybe she could talk to him because she just felt the need to explain everything to someone.She scrolled to his name and her hand hovered over it as she contemplated calling him, she knew his well and she knew that he was going to be up and ready to take her call. Even though the marriage was basically an agreement she still did not feel good calling another man at that time, she took a deep breath and controlled herself, with her
Cade tossed and turned in the bed as he thought of the accusations that Ophelia put on him. He had tried his best to handle the situation as calmly as possible making excuses for her that maybe she was still a bit drunk at that time. He struggled to put his mind at ease and sleep calmly and he could not put a pin on the reason.His phone chimed on the nightstand. Considering his work he knew it was not unlikely that it was a client from another city. He picked up his phone and opened it. There was a message sitting on the screen of his phone.I want to be a part of your life Please let meHe read the message and reread it multiple times because he could not understand what the message meant or who it was from. He ignored it thinking it was a scammer who was trying to get him to interact so he ignored the message. He dropped his phone to the bedside and laid back to the bed.Cade finally drifted to sleep in between the thoughts that flooded his night since he laid down to sleep. He was