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But with Kylie?

He was livid

Why couldn’t she accept that they were married? Sure, it had happened when they were drunk, but he was starting to think that these drunken interludes were soht had brought hie Neither one he saw as a problem He didn’t understand Kylie’s panic, either Was she worried that Daphne would fire her? He’d handle Daphne Was she worried that he would be upset with her? She couldn’t be, not the way she’d touched hi

So he didn’t fucking get her And when she’d run away like a coward? He really fucking didn’t get her Running outwith need? Her taste still on his lips? Just so she could avoid having to lose an argu

He’d called Jeroas show tonight Backstage passes, too"

"Uh, everything okay, boss?" Jeroh he and Jerome were more friends than employer-and-eet the tickets for ht, but I’ to have to butter up soe money That concert’s been sold out for weeks"

"I don’t care how much it takes," Cade told hiot the will-call details"

"Got it"

Jerome had called back a half hour later, told hiiven hier doing some remote work, failed, dressed for the show, found Kylie’s phone, got pissed all over again, and then eventually headed to the enor concert Fans were everywhere, and the limo had to crawl its way to the entrance, which only irritated Cade even e pass around his neck, he was in a foul mood, which was pretty unusual for hiroup of friends

But Kylie had pushed him past the limits of his patience If she wouldn’t listen to what he wanted, then he was going to e, his hands shoved into the pockets of his dark blue sports jacket His own ring was still on his finger, and it was going to stay there, da to be ht of beingto fuck that sweet, gorgeous body of hers every night? Hearing her laugh whenever and wherever? He liked the thought of that reenroom, he scanned it for two faces in particular--Daphne, so he could avoid her, and Kylie, so he could pounce on her Music reverberated in the room and when he heard the strains of Daphne’s voice, he realized it wouldn’t be necessary to avoid her just yet Well, there was one obstacle down His gaze moved to the cosmetics table normally set up in a corner of the rooood, her ure was shown off in a tight striped white-and-navy shirt that seeenerous breasts and the taper of her waist, and her skirt was a full blue circle that went to her knees She wore bright sandals and a lot of jewelry and looked stunning and not nearly as wrecked as he feltwhich ry as before

Wasn’t she affected the way he was? Or was she somehow able to just shake off this insane need they felt for each other and go on about her day? He sure as shit couldn’t

Her eyes widened at the sight of hirabbed one of her shabby makeup cases and clutched it to her chest, then put her head down and began to walk away, through one of the doors et away fro her arm just as she opened the door to slip away

"Leavehim a furious look "Seriously, Cade!"

Leave her alone? She was his goddamn wife, whether she wanted to be or not And he was not about to leave her alone He released her arh the door, he followed her A pair of security guards were guarding a door nearby, obviously to Daphne’s private rooe area They eyed him as he followed Kylie