- Cassidy -
I stared at the headlines that Parker showed me then at the censored photos of Caden and I.
It was taken when we were driving out of our house. It was ridiculous that there were absolutely no links to the pictures but the internet was going crazy about it all the same.
Investors and sponsors kept calling me but I let Parker handle them, I needed to know if Caden knew about it.
I dialed his phone number but no one answered, I tried again and someone picked up.
"Caden, it's Rose."
"Ah this must be the girl he was going crazy about."
My eyes widened, this definitely wasn't Caden.
"Who is this?"
"I'm someone who knows Caden fairly well."
I was getting pissed off, "Who the fuck are you and where is Caden?!"
The lady laughed, "You need to calm down, I thought I used to be crazy about Caden. You're something else."
I scowled, ugh she sounded disgusting.
"How did you even get his phone?"
"I don't know, he was kinda drunk a few days back and it was such a coincidence I saw him before his friend came along." I could hear the scowl in her voice.
"Anyway, Caden was mumbling about some girl, Rose or something like that. He was so drunk. You can try getting his phone back but since he's so rich he can just buy another one if he wanted to, bye bitch."
She hung up and I raised an eyebrow, is she mental?
Well I can't find Caden like this.
"Parker."
"Yes Miss."
"Help me locate where this call is received from. Seems like this lady took Caden's phone. Help me call Smith to get Caden to call me. Thank you," I smiled at him and he chuckled.
"Yes princess."
I rolled my eyes and called my father, he picked up on the second ring, "Hi dad."
"Hey sweetie, how are things?"
"Not good."
He laughed, "I saw the news my little girl, I've sent my men to the newsroom to stop the rumours."
I giggled, "Thank you daddy. You must've heard about Caden and I too huh?"
"Yes I did, I'm not really sure about this but I trust you okay? Junior Jones doesn't seem to be the committed type."
I laughed at the nickname my father gave Caden, "Sorry to disturb you during your retirement dad."
"It's alright, call me anytime you need me, or if you don't need me just call too, I'll be here."
I giggled, "Thanks dad."
"You're welcome sweetie."
I hung up and sighed, my father was super protective of me after the incident. He shut down every news article and every newsroom that dared to mention about my incident.
Thanks to him my matter blew over pretty quickly, even though it took me a long time to get over it.
"Miss Rose," Parker came into my office.
"Yes?"
"Mr Jones is at the hospital."
Oh Caden, what now?
***
- Caden -
I went into the ward, the reporter was on the bed. His head was bandaged and still mostly bruised thanks to me.
I didn't care, he deserved it.
He looked at me and smirked, "Well look who we have here, Mr Almighty Jones."
I tucked my hands in my pockets, "Smith you can wait outside."
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah I'll be fine."
Smith nodded and went outside.
I sat on the seat next to the bed, I wanted to laugh at the state he was in, he looked awful.
"So, what do want from me? Beating me up must have felt really good."
I nodded and shrugged, "Well yeah, but you went round your newsroom and spread funny rumours online. That's your way of getting back at me?"
He laughed and took a deep breath, "I'm not getting back at you stupid. What fun are you?"
My eyes were wide and I glared at him, "What the fuck are you getting at?"
He smirked, "Well, you must know your girlfriend's secret by now, I'm surprised you still want to be with her."
I was so angry, my hands were balled up into fists, but I don't want to hurt him, not yet. If he had things to spill I had to hear all of it.
"I don't care about her past, I love her, that's all that matters," I admitted I loved her to this asshole God I'm going crazy.
He laughed again, "You still don't know who I am?"
I shook my head.
"I'm Mark, Mark Johnson."
I was still puzzled.
"I'm Michael Johnson's brother? God you're clueless aren't you?"
"What are you after Cassidy for?"
He rolled his eyes with those bruised eyes of his, "She put my brother in jail you stupid. Not just jail, he's in there for life! Because of that stupid girl!"
I had to calm myself down, "It's your brother's own fault he's in prison alright? Cassidy didn't do anything."
His eyes nearly popped out of his sockets, "She didn't do anything?! If she didn't appear at the club my brother wouldn't have met her and if he didn't meet her he wouldn't have made any advances on her!"
My eyes were wide, anger seeped through me, "What did your fucking brother do to her?"
He glared at me and laughed, "Oh my God you really don't know!" He laughed hysterically and I grabbed him by his shirt.
"Fucking tell me or I'll rip your head right off!"
Smith came in the room, "Sir stop, put him down."
My grip tightened, "Smith get out."
"Mr Jones-"
"Get the fuck out Smith!"
"Caden?" Rose's voice pierced through my cloud of anger and I turned to look at her.
She was scared, she looked at me then at the idiot I was still holding.
"Well well, look who decided to show up," Mark chuckled and I threw him back on the bed.
"Rose-"
She stood frozen, looking at Mark, "What are you doing here?"
He laughed, "We look so alike don't we? Michael is my identical twin, and you put him in jail!"
Mark leapt forward and I held Rose behind me, she cringed and held on to me.
Smith and Parker held him back and two nurses ran in to put him back to bed.
Mark was laughing, "I wonder what the hell my brother saw in you! If you didn't appear in front of him he wouldn't have had the chance to rape you!"
I felt all the blood in my face sink to my stomach, what the fuck did he say?
I turned to Rose, her eyes wide with fear, it confirmed what he said.
Fuck, I had no idea.
I wrapped an arm around her shoulders and pulled her out of there. Mark's hysterical laughter making Rose shiver.
Once we were in the car, Parker drove off.
"Where to Mr Jones?"
I sighed, holding Rose close to me. Letting her petite frame lean against me.
"Home, take us home."
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