10 I’ll Deal with It

Granger didn’t like seeing them together. In fact, it set every nerve in his body on fire.

But he realized that if he rushed in now, as the hero saving her from that arrogant prick, she wouldn’t thank him. Instead, she might even defend Caleb.

No, it suited him more to allow her to see Caleb as a villain rather than himself as a hero.

Granger stayed back, watching. But then Caleb shouted at her with such force even the birds flew away. He gripped the tree he was hiding behind, splintering the wood. He couldn’t hold back the low growl that made its way from deep within him.

‘Bastard!’ he thought to himself, ‘how dare he treat her that way!’

Caleb walked away into the woods on the opposite side.

“Finally!” Granger whispered to himself. He took two steps forward before he stopped. He watched her fall to the ground on her knees and saw the way her shoulders hung. She was crying.