Page 4 of Rejected Pretend Mate

I shook my head. "Haven't seen him yet, but you guys are working tonight, right?"

Miles nodded and walked up the stairs. I rolled my neck as I followed him and found Cayden now standing, shaking his head on the phone. He started to pace. His shoulders were tenseas he walked, and his eyebrows were pushed together as if he were concerned. "What happened?"

I stiffened, watching his face look worried. He only ever looked that way when it was two about people. Riley or April.

Miles looked at me and then at Cayden. "Something happen?"

The space was silent for a moment longer before Cayden rubbed a hand over his face. "Okay, thank you, Livianna."

He ended the line and ran a hand over his face.

"Everything okay?" I asked as Miles took a seat on the couch.

He shook his head. "No, April's ex showed up, and I guess they were having a fight in the hallway of the apartment complex. Liv said it sounded pretty heated, and she's worried. He left, but she's worried he might come back."

"Did he hurt her?" Miles asked.

Cayden shook his head. "No, it was just yelling. She said it didn't look like April had been hit or touched."

I felt my stomach clench, and I wanted to make sure that April was okay. I'd been keeping my distance out of respect. She had just gotten out of a terrible relationship, had gotten divorced, and is Cayden's little sister.

Cayden ran a hand over his face, looking a little paler now. "I need to make sure she's okay. She likes to hide her feelings, and she's been doing it a lot lately. It's been worrying the shit out of Riley and me. We're trying to give her distance because that seems to be what she wants, but at the same time, we want to make sure she doesn't plummet herself into a dark hole that she can't get out of."

"I'll come with," I said quickly. "I can help scan the grounds outside and make sure he's not hanging around."

I also wanted to see April. I hadn't seen her since she officially moved into Honeyville.

Cayden nodded. "Yeah, thanks. That would actually be really nice. We can take my truck."

We left the fire station and drove across town to the apartment complex where they all lived. It was a nice building with decent security. There were cameras, but they needed to be updated. I'm sure they might still have something on them, at least unless Ivan was smart and avoided them.

We took the elevator up, and I could see Cayden clenching and unclenching his jaw. His fingers curled into fists at his side, and he tapped his foot.

"She's okay," I said, hoping it would help. "If she wasn't, Liv would have been a little more urgent on the phone."

We all knew Liv. She'd moved into the apartment complex a couple of months ago. She was a sweet old lady who was a little lonely. She'd dropped off cookies at the fire station a few times.

She was a little nosey, but Cayden said he was grateful for it. At least someone could watch his sister when he wasn't around.

They stepped off the elevator and headed down the hallway. They stopped in front of the fourth door, and Cayden knocked.

My entire body tensed up, and as the door opened, I finally saw April after so many years. She looked good. Grown-up.

Her once blond hair was now pure black, cut short. Her brown eyes had a hardness rather than the softness I remembered. She was wearing grey sweatpants and a long-sleeved shirt. Her complexion was paler than I remembered, but it had been years since I'd seen her.

She looked at me for a split second, acknowledging me, before her eyes snapped to her brother. She scowled. "Did Liv call you? Jesus, I can't do anything without you finding out, can I?"

Cayden scowled at her. "Yeah, she called me because you didn't feel the need to tell me your ex-husband was loitering around. Is this the first time? Or has he done this before?"

April sighed, pulling some hair behind her ear. I noticed a row of earrings and a tattoo on her wrist. I couldn't make out what it was as she dropped her hand, crossing her arms.

"Nothing happened. I'm fine. He was just drunk and left. I doubt he's coming back."

"You should have called. I shouldn't be getting a call from Liv about this. Do you have any idea how dangerous this is? You could easily be requested to return back to the old pack if he decided to bring this up to his alpha."

April's lips formed a tight line. "Then maybe you should tell her to butt out of my business." But as soon as the words came out, she sighed. "I'm sorry, you're right. I should have called. I was going to, but you were at work."

"And how long were you going to wait to tell me?"

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