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decided he’d rather sleep.”
    David leaned in to me, and whispered, “Why the hell does Wendy think you’d know where he’s at?”
    Shit.
    “Well, probably because we worked together today,” I said impatiently.
    “Sorry, I’m late. I fell asleep.” As if on cue, Cade walked toward me, took my hand, and pulled me up from my chair for a hug. “Happy birthday, Brook,” he said softly before letting me go and moving toward the open chair between two of the guys. David shot me a dirty look as I retook my seat, then his eyes followed Cade as he moved away from me.
    “I would have understood if you wanted to keep sleeping. I almost did, too,” I smiled at him from across the table.
    David flung his arm around me and pulled me close so he could kiss my temple. My eyes were on Cade and he glanced away, trying to talk to Ethan. I couldn’t hear what he was saying, but I wanted to. Ethan’s eyes glanced at me, then back to Cade’s face as he nodded.
    Dinner progressed with David hanging all over me, and Cade doing his best to keep his eyes off of us. On the occasions that I’d catch him looking toward me intently, and his jaw visibly stiffened when David would call me baby, or pull me in for a kiss. I felt very uncomfortable; it wasn’t like David to be the doting boyfriend, and I knew it was his frail male insecurity that was putting on a show for Cade’s benefit. My stomach clenched and started to ache, causing me to pick at my food.
    Cade’s expression was painful. He hid it well and the others were oblivious to the tightness around his mouth, or the way he looked down with a frown as he listened to the casual conversation. But, he couldn’t hide it from me. Even though he was good at laughing and trying to seem as if he didn’t have a care in the world… I knew. Maybe it was the movie, or maybe it was residual shit that was carrying over; the problem was, I wasn’t certain. I didn’t know for sure at this point, but I knew that hurting him; hurt me. It was eating me alive.
    We were almost finished with dinner when Cade abruptly stood up, his chair scraping across the wooden floor, after David had nuzzled my neck one too many times. “Um, I’ll be back in a bit,” he said, and turned to leave. He was stressing, so I knew he’d be going out to have a cigarette. At least, I hoped he wasn’t leaving. Suddenly, I knew I needed to go find him.
    David’s arm was heavy as it lay across my thighs and I lifted it off of me, and took a drink of my soda. Jennifer was watching me, and I could tell by the look in her eyes that she understood what I was going through.
    “I’m going to use the restroom, David. I’ll be back.”
    “Do you want me to come with you?” Wendy asked expectantly.
    “No, thanks.” I quickly got up and went to find Cade, hoping the others wouldn’t notice that I walked right past the bathrooms. I went out the side door, and found him in the courtyard sitting on a bench with his back turned in my direction. It was pretty with a lot of trees, and a few tables with candles on them. The white lights that were strung in the trees were the only lights, and it left the atmosphere pretty dark and romantic. He didn’t hear me approach as he pulled on his cigarette, and ran his hand through his hair. He was agitated.
    “Hey…” I said softly and he turned, his clear blue eyes widened when he saw me.
    “Hey, I didn’t mean to make you leave your party, love.”
    “Well, you’re part of my party, and I wanted to talk to you.”
    His face lit up with a lazy smile. “Yeah? You were with me all day, so aren’t you sick of me yet?”
    I laughed softly, and sat down beside him. “You wish.”
    “Not at all. Never,” he answered ruefully, looking away. I could see the muscle working in his jaw. “Today was grueling, huh?” he sighed and blew out a stream of smoke.
    The scene had both of us crying our guts out, and my eyes were still swollen. It was a big part of the exhaustion we both