“Yeah, I guess….” Mallory replied.

“Perfect!” he exclaimed before she would suggest something expensive to do. He climbed into the driver’s seat, not bothering to open her door for her. He rolled his eyes when he looked over and she was still standing there. Caden was tempted to drive off and leave her, but he reached over and opened the car door from the inside. “Are you coming or not?”

“You used to be such a gentleman. What happened?” she huffed as she slid into the car.

“Well, you used to be a nice girl, or so I thought. What happened?”

Her mouth opened, forming a perfect O again. Then...