Page 33 of Teaching Cayden

“I hope so,” she whispered as she just sat there.

It was the point of no return for us, and a moment of stark realization for me. Hiding like this was just as hard for her as it was for me, and the sooner we could put it all behind us, the better.

Addison

We were in the home stretch. Finally! I’d been so busy preparing for my own graduation that I hadn’t thought about the fact that I only had a few days before Cayden and I could walk hand in hand through campus. I had been offered a full-time teaching position with the university, and Cayden would be a senior. I don’t really know what his future with the fraternity looked like, but I’d hoped his future with me was bright.

I hadn’t really talked to him much the last few days. He’d been busy with finals and the beach party planning. My brother has been over scheduling him, and I kinda backed off. Will had asked me one night why I was spending so much time at the house. I didn’t have an answer that I could tell him, so Cayden and I haven’t seen each other much.

I decided to torture myself by going to the beach party, and now I’m standing in a dressing room staring at two different bikinis and trying to decide which to buy. One is dark purple. It really looks good against my tan. It barely covers my ass and pushes my breasts up, making them look bigger than they are. I know if I wear this one, Cayden along with the other guys at the party won’t be able to not look at me. I also know that my brother will have a fit. Then, there’s this blue one. It’s an aqua color. It’s more of a subtle sexy. I could wear it, and probably blend into the crowd. I wouldn’t attract attention, but I also wouldn’t command it. The longer I stand here staring, the harder the decision seems to get until I hear voices in room next to me.

“Which one do you like?” a girl questions someone.

“I like the green. He won’t be able to keep his hands off you.” The second girl giggles.

“I like the green too, but I think this one would be more comfortable,” the first girl laments.

“Do you want to be comfortable?” the second chimes in. “I mean, if I was going to a party with Cayden Sutter, I’d want him to have his hands all over me. Have you ever seen him with his shirt off? The guy is delicious.”

Red. All I saw was red at that moment as jealousy coursed through me. I reached up, my decision made, as I grabbed the purple suit. “Game on bitch,” I muttered as I exited the dressing room. I plastered a smile on my face as I strode to the checkout. I could have texted Cayden to tell him what I heard, but showing up in this was going to be so much more fun.

As I pulled my wallet out of my purse, I heard clicking coming from behind me. I glanced over my shoulder just in time to see the two girls coming up behind me. You could tell by the Greek letters that were plastered across their chests that they were Omegas. I watched as they giggled to one another and showed off their suits. The sales lady handed me my card back, and as I turned to leave the girl holding a black suit stepped in toward me, causing me to knock shoulders with her.

“Sorry.” She laughed. When I didn’t respond, I heard her complain to the other girl. “Well, that was rude.”

She had no idea who she was messing with. When I showed up wearing my purchase, Cayden’s attention would be solely on me. He’d be hard pressed to give her anything, let alone want to touch her the way he touches me. Was I being a jealous bitch? Yep. I knew it, but I was so angry at the moment that I didn’t care. I was Cayden Sutter’s girlfriend, and all of the hiding we’d been doing was finally making me snap.

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