"Well?" Cassie folded her arms and tapped her feet on the blue oriental rug.

She watch him take his precious time to read the first page,while her fury mounted high to a dangerous height.

Her patience began to wane when he threw the paper into the paper basket beside him without a word. He reached for the fake rose and began to toy with it,which only infuriated her the more.

"Um, hello? Still here." She waved sarcastically.

"I'm aware." He replied without meeting her eyes.

Cassie counted to ten to calm the raging fury threatening to burst free. "Well?" She asked in a cool voice.

"I'm sorry,okay?"

"You're sorry?" She huffed in disbelief. "You just admitted to the whole of Philly that you slept with me and all I get is sorry?"

"What do you want me to say?" He snapped at her. "That I was aware that we were being filmed? William provoked me into saying that!"

"You could have been the adult about it,but no. You had to spill your guts to the first person who wanted to listen." She banged her left fist on his table. Cassie welcomed the pain,it helped her to think clearly. "I am somehow surprised not to see an Oscar on your desk this morning."

"Cassie, don't make a big issue out of this." Kaden said quietly as he combed his fingers through his bedraggled hair. "I only told William of our affair to throw him off."

"Baloney!" Cassie snorted. "Complete and utter bladderdash. Tell that to those foolish paparazzi not me. I'm no fool."

"I'm not in the mood to argue with you."

"Why?" She gave him a bitter smile. "Don't answer that,I already know. You are busy plotting another unsuspecting female demise, aren't you?"

"Get out!" He snarled.

"I will get out. But be rest assured that you and I are over. And it's Miss Milton to you, Mr Mckade." She stormed out of the office.

Kaden dropped his hand in his hands,willing the sudden pounding in his head to go away. But it doesn't, instead it intensified.

"Sir."

Kaden raised his head to see Amelia standing in the doorway with a magazine clutched in her hand. She looked a little bit worried,and judging from the way she held the magazine he was aware of what she wanted to say.

"I know what you want to say,so never mind." He rubbed his temple. "I want you to do me a favour, get me the number of the owner of the Uptown daily news. Right now."

"Okay,Sir." Amelia closed the door as she backed out.

Kaden knew that he needed to apologize to Cassie,but right now his mind was too preoccupied with a lot of things. The number question on his mind was; where was Skylar?

~*~^~*^

"Damned bastard." Cassie murmured as she toed her shoes off. Her door bell went off at the same time.

She stalked to the door and yanked it open. William stood on the threshold with both of his hands in the back pocket of his jeans. Her anger burst free even though Kaden was the cause of such reaction.

"Why are you here?" She demanded.

"Cassie,I saw the news this morning. I'm sorry."

"What's with people and the I'm sorry stuff?" She questioned with an eye roll. "I repeat my question, why are you here?"

"I came to apologize and talk. Can I come in?"

"No."

"Cassie please give me a chance to explain myself."

Cassie bit her lower lip in consideration. She should turn him away but she honestly didn't feel like fighting anymore. At least William didn't tell her to get out of his face like that prude bastard did.

"Okay,but not here."

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Thirty-five minutes later,William pulled into the parking lot of a place called 'cake 'n' coffee' in downtown,since Cassie had insisted that she wants to go downtown.

The drive had been silent. It was still silence even as they crossed the street and entered the café. William watch her wave to a black girl with purple dyed hair as they went to sit at the booth in the far end of the room.

Few people were in the café, which was good. He was not in the mood to be hounded by admirers.

Their butt had barely touched the seat before the purple hair girl materialized in front of them.

"Cassie,how do you do?"

"You sound funny." Cassie smiled at her friend. "I'm good. You?"

"Over hyped with questions."

William pretended to study the place not wanting purple head to sight him. But that was only a wishful thinking,because she turned towards him with a dreamy look in her eyes.

"Are you gonna introduce me or what?"

"Right." Cassie turned to William with a frown. "Ella meet William Mckade,Will meet---"

"William Mckade!" Ella squealed.

"--Ella my friend." Cassie glare at Ella. "Keep it down. Can you get us two strawberry cakes and a cup of mocha for me. Will?"

"Cappuccino."

"You owe me a whole lot of juicy gist when I get you alone." Ella gave William one last smile before walking, no, skipping to the counter.

"Is that your friend?" He asked when Ella was out of ear shot.

"Yes," Cassie scowled. "You've got a problem with that?"

"No."

"Good. Now what is it that you want to say?"

"I'm sorry about what happened. I honestly didn't think that you and Kaden would... You know what, that soon."

"It was bound to happen anyway." She shrugged. "What I want to know is why you two fought in the parking lot."

"I got jealous." William ducked his head to hide his face. "I was so mad that he tricked you into sleeping with him."

"He didn't." Cassie defended." I went to him willingly."

"Oh."

Ella arrived with their order. She took her sweet time in placing their trays in front of them. She sauntered away after giving him a shy smile.

"I think Ella likes you." Cassie reached for a cake.

"I don't like her." William also reached for a cake. "I love another woman."

"Who?"

William hid his surprise. Didn't she read the newspaper?

"Why do you look so surprised?" Cassie studied him even as she chewed her cake.

Or tried to hide it. He thought.

"You didn't read the paper?"

"The headline got my attention and I was too angry to even read it, why? Is there something about who you love there?"

"No." He bit into his own cake. "Hmm. So delicious,who made it?"

"Ella. She's a great baker,I tell you."

"I can see that."

"Do you want more cake?"

"Yes I do."

And just like that,they had stopped quarreling.

Later that evening,as Cassie entered the elevator of her penthouse, she couldn't help but wonder why she and Kaden always fight whenever they see each other. It's so unnerving and tiresome.

Even though she slept with one brother,she and the other brother seemed to get along just fine. Cassie wished that she liked William more than Kaden. It would have been so easy for her.

After they let cake'n' love William had taken her out to see a movie and they ate ice-cream in the park too. It had made her less angry than she was this morning. William was more of a gentleman than Kaden,but there was just something about Kaden that pulled her in.

What it was,she didn't know,nor was she ready to find out.

The elevator came to a stop at the last floor. The door slide open. Cassie walked out of the elevator,while searching for her keys in her small black purse. She had almost gotten to her door when she collided with a solid body.

Her head snapped up. Kaden was standing in front of her holding a bunch of red roses in one hand and a brown paper bag in one hand. But what really caught her attention was his eyes.

They were blazing with desire.

Cassie gasped when her own body became hot all of a sudden. She made to step back,but she was suddenly yanked against a rock hard body. She started to protest but then she never got to.

Because he suddenly took her lips in a hot searing kiss.