I thought Cadmus was going to kill the man until Bennett, the same friend who'd found me, and the baby at the mall had stepped in and cooled things down. I'd since learned that Cadmus had destroyed some deal he and the other man had been working on, something that had cost the other man millions. All because he'd made a pass at me while intoxicated.
I got out of the car now and walked around to get the babies, but Cadmus beat me to it. He'd climbed from the backseat at the same time, and I was just in time to see that he now had a car seats back there already and what looked like a mountain of packages, which the driver was now moving to the trunk of the luxury town car.
I stood almost stupefied as Cadmus reached in and unbuckled our sons before lifting them in his arms. He didn't say a word to me as he turned and started heading for the mall entrance, and I swallowed the hurt as I walked behind them. It warmed my heart, though when Cayden chortled at me over his daddy's shoulder and waved his little fingers at me. I knew out of both my boys Cayden liked to be a mom's little boy.
I reached out to him, just to touch his fingers lightly, but the look Cadmus threw at me over his shoulder had me drawing back in surprise. He seemed to catch himself as he turned and started walking again. It's obvious that it's going to take time to get used to this new dynamic, but I'm not sure my heart can take it.
Eyes that used to watch me with such heat were now filled with ice. His heart had been locked off from me, and it was obvious that he only cared about his sons . I didn't know how much it would hurt. I'd made up my mind never to see him again in this life. I knew the pain of knowing what I'd lost would be too much to bear if our paths should ever cross.
At night I'd take out a memory from our time together and relive it in my lonely bed until I fell asleep. I never allowed myself to think of the present; of the life, he was probably living without me now that I was gone. I didn't let myself think of what he must feel towards me, and the thought of him finding someone else which I knew would be no hardship for him was almost more than my poor heart could take. I didn't know the half of it.