rose. I smiled and picked the letter up. It was written on crisp white
paper with dark blue ink. His handwriting was a perfect match to
Austin
’s, a fact that
should shock me.
Cayden wrote….
I’m sorry I did not wake you but I wanted to
watch you sleep. Please keep yourself safe for me, and don’t do anything crazy
while I’m gone. Relax, breathe, and remember how important you are to me. I
know I must seem crazy or fanatic about you and your safety, but you need to
understand I have waited far too long to find you, and I never want to go back
to an existence before you. I was not fully living until I found you, Winter.
Forgive me for scaring you. I’m not trying to be a tyrant, just trying to
protect the most precious part of my life. And in case you haven’t figured that
out yet, the most precious part is you. Winter, you are the very breathe of my
life, for without you I am nothing. I love you, nothing can ever change that.
Cayden
I cried. The tears streamed down my cheeks. I
was beyond lucky to have Cayden in my life. I was blessed. I needed to do whatever I could to ensure his happiness.
In retrospect, I knew how ridiculous I had been. I knew my worries about Cheryl
Lynn were more than stupid. I knew Cayden loved me.
“Winter, are you decent?” I heard
Chandler
’s husky voice
outside my door.
“Yes,” I said, placing my black silk robe around
my shoulders.
“Can I please come in?” he asked.
“Sure.”
Chandler
walked in. He was holding a paper in his hand, wearing his sweats
and familiar flip-flops. He looked tired, not his usual self any way. “You
might want to sit down,” he said quite serious.
“All right.”
I took a seat in one of the chairs by the
balcony doors. I pulled my knees up to my chest and wrapped my arms around
them.
Chandler
sat on the other chair, opened up the paper, and read….
“This reporter has confirmed filming on Cayden
Cain’s latest movie was put on hold yet again yesterday after quite an angry
outburst by Cayden himself which resulted in some property damage. Sources
revealed Cayden became extremely upset after making a phone call. No one could
confirm who he called but interestingly across town in an apartment building
located in the
Upper East Side
, Ms. Wells was
spotted trying to leave an undisclosed apartment. Sources confirmed Cayden
Cain’s personal bodyguard arrived on-scene and escorted Ms. Wells out the fire
escape of the building. In a further twist, I have confirmed Ms. Wells is
really writing under a pen name. She is, in fact, Winter Shae Perri who resides
currently in Baily,
Colorado
.
Ms. Perri was once engaged to an up and coming young star who was tragically
killed sixteen years ago. In an even stranger turn of events, the man to whom
she was engaged to marry looks much like our current
Hollywood
hottie and resident heartthrob, Cayden Cain. This reporter was shocked to see
the resemblance when investigating this piece. And after finding pictures of
Mr. Austin Wells Carlyle one must begin to speculate. There might be something
more to this story regarding Ms. Wells and Mr. Cayden Cain. Cayden, say it
isn’t so. We can understand Ms. Wells’s attraction here but please tell us you
have not just broken every female heart in the
U.S.
and abroad by coveting your
brother’s love interest. Let’s face it, if Cayden is perusing Ms. Wells his
poor brother does not stand a chance....”
I felt the heat come to my cheeks and ears. I
was not flushing red with my usual embarrassment but turning hot under the
collar from complete and total anger. I was seeing red.
“Stop!” I said to
Chandler
who was not quite done with the
article.
“I am sorry, Winter. I thought you should know,”
Chandler
replied.
“I can handle anything they say about me, but
how dare they bring up Austin and Cayden. That is going way too far.” I balled
up my fist at my side. I wanted to hit something.
“Winter, I told you. Cayden has told you. Zander
has