Page 25 of Dirty Little Mistake

The car ride was filled with an awkward silence, and I wasn't sure if it was only me or if he felt it, too. I swerved my car into Kaia's driveway and threw the car in park before honking the horn for Kaia.

"I guess I'll see you around," Trystan said.

"Yeah." I smiled.

Kaia appeared from the house, and Trystan shoved open the car door and slid out.

"What's up, Kai?" I couldn't see Trystan's face because his back was toward me, but Kaia's expression said it all. Her brows pulled tightly together as she stood frozen in place, but she quickly recovered.

"I don't think I've ever seen you up this early. Well, unless you've been up partying all night and haven't been to bed yet." He shrugged. "You know she's going to tell me, right?" He shrugged again.

"Catch ya later, Kai." He strolled past her. "Oh, and good luck today. Cam said you were meeting your new partner."

"Thanks," she mumbled, sliding into the passenger seat. Her gaze flicked up, meeting mine, and I flashed her my most innocent smile. "I thought you two decided it was the wrong time, wrong place."

"It is, but I'm not supposed to tell you why." I didn’t bother to hide the excitement in my voice. Kaia still didn't know aboutTrystan's band opening for Wicked Sinners, and I knew she would be so excited.

I really didn't want to get into the details of everything before I processed how I felt about everything. I had a lot to process. And a date with Owen tonight.

Chapter 11

Trystan

Picking up my phone, I checked it for the 20th time in thirty minutes for any type of communication from Cam. The day had passed, and even though I'd called and texted Cam, it had been radio silence on her end. I was starting to go crazy because I felt like I was losing her even though she was never mine.

Dropping onto the seat of my bike, I let out a loud groan. Thousands of girls would kill for the proposition I'd made Cam, but I should have known better. Cam wasn't part of that thousand. She never had been. Even if she had a crush on me for years, she wasn't going to sell herself short.

It felt like she'd made her decision, and it turned out she wasn't okay with the no-strings-attached clause of my agreement, but I shouldn't be surprised. Cam could have anyone she wanted. Why would she want a man who would never commit to her?

I should let her go. Obviously, our paths were going in completely opposite directions. But I couldn't. I flipped open my phone and opened Cam's messages.

Trystan: Want to hang out tonight?

I hit send and re-read my message.What the fuck?I ran my hand down my face. I had never texted a girl who wasn't my sister and asked if she wanted to hang out. Sure, I'd sent tons ofDTFtexts, but never a 'do you want to hang out' text because I didn't hang out with girls who I wanted to fuck.

Three dots in a bubble popped up, and my pulse raced as I stared at the phone. This text would tell me everything I needed to know. She would either say yes, and I still had a chance, or she would say no, and that meant she was moving on with her life.

Camryn: Sorry, I have plans.

My brows knitted tightly as I stared at the text, re-reading it over and over again as my chest tightened.

She had plans. Was it a date? Or was she with Kaia?

I swiped out of Cam's text and clicked on Kaia's.

Trystan: Where is everyone tonight?

I waited a few seconds, and when Kaia didn't respond in what I believed was a timely manner, I sent another question mark with a raised eyebrow emoji. I was typically pretty patient, but not knowing what was going on with Cam was making me insane.

The bubble indicating she was replying finally popped up.

Kaia: We're all at the bar.

She didn't have to say which bar; I already knew because they always went to the same bar.

Trystan: All?

That was my subtle way of asking if Cam was included in that 'all.'

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