Chapter Twenty Three

JADE'S POV.

The feel of Caden's lips against mine again, the taste of him and the slow and purposeful caress of his hand on my skin has me floating up to cloud nine.

In this moment, nothing in the whole wide world matters, not my parents, not Amber and not even the notes or any of my problems.

They'll still be here when I crash back to earth and warm, sweet taste of his lips is gone from mine.

But then it stopped, too suddenly.

If known it'd end, but not as abruptly as it did and that's probably why it got me.

He broke away from me like I'm a plague he didn't want to catch, the look on his face far from excited.

It hurt to see it, and it's worse that I enjoyed being his for even the minute that it lasted.

And then, it dawned on me that I've fallen for it again, stupidly shown him how weak I am to his charms and allure.

Anger, raw and undiluted starts a course through my system, seeping in and replacing all the euphoria t