Chapter 3

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"Casey.." He says once as he spots me and realizes who I am.

I turn away and look down at the water not looking at anyone. "Bradley." I say, giving him the cold shoulder.

Ryder must have seen the way my temperament changed because while I was looking down into the water he scooted closer to me and slid his arm around my shoulder and whispered in my ear, "Is he the ex boyfriend?"
I look at him through the corner of my eye and nod.

"Don't worry about him. Just follow my lead for tonight." He smirks and pulls me closer to him.
I blush bright red at his touch, it made me feel jittery inside.

Along with Bradley was 4 other people, 3 being guys and the other being a girl, who did not seem happy to see me with Ryder.
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After putting all of their stuff down, the 5 of them got into the hot spring with the two of us.
Bradley from the moment he sat down in the water, didn't take his eyes away from me not even to talk to his friends.
A few times I leaned my head back to get my hair wet, hoping that one of these times he'd just stop looking at me.
But he didn't..

But somehow being with Ryder helped me forget that I was pretty much being undressed by my ex's eyes. I paid no attention to him, I kept my eyes on everyone else and laughed when Ryder told jokes.

I could tell it was pissing Bradley off because not only was I hanging all over my "Boyfriend", but what Ryder said and did next set him off like no other.

Ryder turned to me, "Babe could you go grab me and you a beer." He smiles, and I rolled my eyes at him teasingly.

When I stood up he playfully slapped my butt as I walked away from him.
I blushed like no other.
As weird as it was, it felt nice to be in a 'relationship' even though it was just a fake one. Ryder was very playful, unlike Bradley who never did any of this with me and we were together for a little over 2 years.

When I reached into the bag that Ryder brought I could feel someone standing behind me. I turn to find Bradley intensely staring at me. The brown eyes I had fallen in love with, looked as though he was ready to hurt me.

"What do you want?" I ask nervously, trying not to keep eye contact with him.

"Why are you with him? You don't even know him." He says angrily with a clinched jaw.

I give him a dirty look, "What I do and don't do with someone is not your business. And I do know Ryder. But thanks for caring. You didn't before, even when I was with you." I start to walk away.

"Wait.." He says grabbing my arm with force, "You might be able to pretend you don't miss me but I know you do. And I miss you too." He says in a miserable tone.

When he grabs my arm I freeze and can't move, as if my body was unable to do so.
I look over at Ryder who jumps out of the cool blue water to my aid.

"What do you think your doing." He says in an angry tone towards Bradley, "Don't touch her ever again." He pulls Bradley's hand off of my arm that was turning red from the grip he had on me.

As Ryder and I walk back towards the water Bradley utters, "So you turned into a whore for him? Wearing stripper clothes and looking like a slut is the new you?" He chuckles.

Ryder stops dead in his footsteps and turns back towards Bradley walking into me, as I was directly behind him. I look up to him, seeing rage in his eyes. He doesn't take his eyes away from Bradley, he was ready to seriously hurt him.

"Ryder, it's okay, leave it alone." I say pushing him backwards. But with him weighing more than me and me being so little, my pushing him does nothing.

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