Growing Attached To My Competition ✔️

Chapter 46 - Confronting Caden

Author's note: This chapter was originally written on the spot so I didn't have any notes for it when I had to rewrite this deleted chapter.

So I tried to use my memory to bridge the gap in between the chapters. Sorry if it seems a little rushed.

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Adam sat across the room from Adrian, tossing the grapes he had bought for him as he aimed it in Adrian's mouth. Dozens of green grapes were on the floor as the pair of best friends continued their antics.

Ashley walked in at the exact moment Adrian finally managed to catch one in his mouth. Adrian pumped his fist in the air as Adam celebrated. She then looked around Adrian's bed and saw the mess on the floor.

"You're cleaning this up." Ashley said as she laughed and nudged Adam's shoulder.

Ashley gave Adrian a gentle greeting hug before she dropped off a phone charger that Adrian asked for. "Thanks Ashley."

Ashley then took the empty seat next to him and looked around the room. "Brody and your mom not here?"

Adrian shook his head as he explained. "My mom had to sort some stuff out with Ollie." Adrian then tried to remember where Brody went after he had a nap since he was still exhausted from everything. "I'm not sure where Brody is, he said he would be here when I woke up but he was gone."

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Brody was on the other side of town as he was at Stonebrook Academy. Storming into the building, Brody searched everywhere until he finally made his way in to the final destination, which was the locker room.

Once he saw Caden was in the locker room, Brody ordered everyone out as they all stared back at the furious and unnerved Brody. Caden was also leaving when Brody stopped him with a forceful hand against his chest.

He grabbed Caden by the scruff of his shirt and shoved him straight into the lockers.

"What the fuck Brody?!" Caden yelled out loud.

Brody was breathing harshly as his grip on Caden became tighter. "You knew all about it, didn't you?!"

As the news quickly spread about Sam's attack on Adrian, Brody remembered how Adrian told him about Caden's cryptic warning during the night of the attack. He then deduced that Caden was involved in all of this at some capacity.

"What are you talking about?"

"Don't play dumb with me asshole!" Brody shoved Caden against the locker again, hearing the contents rattle inside the cage as his head bounced of the metal. "You are the one who gave Adrian some cryptic warning that scared him the same night he was attacked, you must have been involved in all of this mess!"

Caden knew that he was caught in the act, he had to defend himself as he believed he was innocent in all of this. Caden shook Brody's grip of his body and pushed him away, a respectable distance in between them.

"Look, Sam threatened me too. He said he could get me kicked out of the team, out of this school! There was no way that I was going to double cross the maniac so I had to look out for myself by not getting involved anymore. I didn't want to get sent down by your ex's vindictive, psycho act against your current moronic, weak little boyfriend that didn't know how to defend himself."

Brody's rage flared up as he instinctively punched Caden. "Don't talk about Adrian like that, ever!"

Caden accepted the hit since he knew Brody was an emotional and physical wreck right now. The guy looked completely exhausted and was barely thinking straight.