Kade

Chapter Eleven - Truth Doth Reveal

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"You're Scarlet, right?"

"Uh...yeah," I confirmed, offering a small smile.

She sighed from exhaustion, resting back against the counter next to me. I watched her snag a beer and drink, then chuckle at something. "Kade mentions you like all the time. I think he does it without even realising."

I paused. He does? He talks about me?

I gritted my teeth, trying not to let my hormones take over. "No offense but, uhm, I don't.... he's a jerk."

She cocked her eyebrow at me. "But you only met him like last week."

I smiled humourlessly, shaking my head. I didn't like this girl. She was the reason Kade wasn't at this party with me; the cause of my heartbreak. "Like you'd understand."

She looked a little hurt, but then shrugged it off and reached for some vodka before pouring a shot. "Sorry I tried."

I gave her a long cold look, an evil thought occurring to me. I took in the dark rings under her eyes, the fatigue in her posture, and struck. "Did he tell you he kissed me?"

I was such a bitch. A savage, jealous bitch.

Her eyes widened as she lifted the shot glass to her, and then she grinned a perfect, cheeky grin.

"Yeah, he did. While he was having a rant. He was pretty pissed off on Sunday night, asking me what girl's liked as an apology gift. I guess you got the anklet?"

Of course she'd know the fancy name for it.

But I stared, unable to blink or move or breathe. She was being so calm. And easy-going. And completely ok with the fact that I'd made out with her boyfriend. "I don't...I don't get it. You...you two are together."

She wrinkled her nose, seeming to find something funny. "Kade and I have been best friends for years. He's just helping me out." She sighed, smiling some more. "I shouldn't be telling you this."

That just left me with more questions. She noticed this and continued. "My boyfriend broke up with me just over two weeks ago. I'm trying to make him jealous by pretending to be with Kade."

My mouth fell into an O shape. Pretending? All this time they were FUCKING PRETENDING?! I didn't know whether to feel more relieved or fucking furious with Kade. They'd been trying to make Abigail's ex jealous and had succeeded in making me jealous instead.

I tried to remember how to breathe. Kade wasn't really sleeping with Abigail, which meant I'd been horrible to him, when he'd offered me a lift, for no reason. Then again, knowing that it was all fake would have been helpful.

In fact, no. I was still angry with him. For not sharing any of this with me despite having swapped saliva.

"Are you ok?" she asked, a concerned frown twisting her features.

I glanced at her, abruptly not hating her at all. I was so glad she'd told me. "Yeah," I whispered, starting to frown again.

She pulled a rueful face. "You couldn't go talk to him for me, could you? It's just, the plan was to make my ex jealous and yesterday he was making out with this girl like right in front of me and I just told Kade and he said he'd go beat the crap out of him, but I said no and now he's in a huff. So...could you...uhm...try to reason with him? He isn't listening to me."