Page 10 of Fragile Kiss (Fragile 2)
“Yes. My flight leaves in a couple of hours.”
“You didn’t want to tell me this until the moment you’re walking out the door?” Lillian felt her blood pressure start to rise.
“It didn’t feel like the right time.”
“It would’ve been nice to have some notice.” She sounded like a miserable teenager, but didn’t know how to stop it.
“I’m sorry, okay? I know I can’t make you happy.”
“I never said that.”
“Well, it seems like since I’ve gotten back all you’ve been is unhappy except when you got what you wanted from me, coming into my yard in the middle of me working and making a move.”
Her jaw dropped. “You think I did it just because I wa
nted to? How about I thought it would make you happy, too?”
Cayden stared menacingly at the couch.
“I didn’t want this to happen, Cayden. I’m sorry. It was a mistake.” I should’ve just stayed in my house.
He glared at her. “You’re incredibly selfish, you know that?”
She was? No she wasn’t. She’d come for him. Bullshit. She’d come because she couldn’t stop herself. “Right now, it seems like you’re not happy with the thought of me being here. You couldn’t even tell me you were leaving until you’re zipping up your suitcase.”
His eyes could’ve shot lasers. “A month ago, I never would’ve thought you’d be attacking me.”
“Attacking you?” she scoffed. “Forgive me, Cayden. Maybe part of it is that I hate being away from you so much. It sucks that you were gone for such a long time. You coming back was a tease that wasn’t good for either of us.”
“I came back when I wasn’t supposed to, Lil. I thought it would change your mind. I’m leaving in the middle of the night because I wanted to have all the time with you I could get.” His face was red. “I’m over there, working hard. Doing what I love. And finally making some damn good money at the same time.”
“Oh? I started to think maybe you were over there because Janine just loves you so much and can’t get enough of you.”
He got even more angry. “Don’t start with that.”
“Why not? She obviously likes you enough to pay you a boatload of money to literally move to Los Angeles with her while she finds ‘the perfect trainer.’” She sarcastically did air quotes.
“She’s a crazy-rich woman and is equally picky. I didn’t ask to go with her.”
“So, you’re not denying her attraction towards you?”
“I am denying it! It’s stupid that you’d even consider it. Janine’s married.”
“That doesn’t matter.”
“This is ridiculous.”
The way he said it rubbed Lillian the wrong way. She’d never felt her blood boil so viciously as it was right now. “No, you know what’s ridiculous?” she shouted as he pulled on a jacket and raised the handle of his suitcase. “What’s ridiculous is that you said you would only be gone for a couple of weeks. You promised.”
He started to roll his suitcase toward the door.
“Maybe if you had kept your promise and didn’t stay over there so long, we wouldn’t be having this fight right now. You said you didn’t want to be away from me.” Tears gathered in her eyes so thickly she could barely see in front of her.
“I have to go now. Lock the door on your way out.” He left the door open and loaded his suitcase into the car.
“Oh, great. Now you’re leaving without saying goodbye?”
“I want to say goodbye in the short term, Lil,” he growled, stomping over to her and pointing a finger in her face. “You have no idea how this is affecting me. I never want to have this argument with you again.”
