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Okay, this wasn’t working, there were two things I needed to do. Get Cade in his bed, and make sure that whatever story Sienna had on him stayed out of print. Looking over at Scotty, I motioned for him to come over.

“Can you take care of Cade until I’m back?” He looked between Sienna and me. “It won’t take long.”

“Okay,” he said and made his way over to our teammate. I didn’t waste time watching them, I was too intent on making sure Cade’s private life remained private.

Sienna yelped when I grabbed her arm and started dragging her to my room. “Hey! Get off me. What are you doing?” When I didn’t answer, she kept talking. “Where are you taking me?”

“Somewhere we can talk,” I gritted out.

Chapre 24

Frozen, I stood in the middle of the hockey common room because my legs felt too heavy to move. My entire body did too, for that matter.

“MB!” my brother called, making his way over to me with a noticeable sway in his step. Scotty was right behind him, scowling. I didn’t take too much notice of them, though, because I was too confused about what was happening in front of me.

Cade smothered me in a hug, and the only thing I could muster was a gentle pat on his arm.

This wasn’t happening. There had to be another explanation.

As Cade pulled away, he poked his bottom lip out. “What’s wrong?” His breath stank of alcohol, but that still wasn’t enough to draw my attention away from them. When he followed my gaze, he burped and said, “Ah, have you met hockey’s newest golden couple?”

“Go-golden couple?” What was he talking about? My heart was beating wildly because I was currently watching the guy I was sleeping with drag another girl into his bedroom.

“Dash finally has a girlfriend.”

I raised my brow, looking into my brother’s bloodshot eyes for the firsttime. He was obviously drunk, so maybe he was making this up. “He does?”

“Yeah, Reporter Girl.”

Okay. Breathe.

Cade had mentioned Sienna before, and Dash brushed it off. He didn’t know about us, so maybe he was wrong about this. I shouldn’t jump to conclusions, but it was hard not to when those conclusions were staring me in the face. Swallowing down my embarrassment, I gave my brother a forced smile. My head was spiraling with questions.Had Dashbeen lying to me the entire time? Was Tiff right about him? Had he been playing me when he told me he was going to tell my brother about us after our date?

I blinked away tears as the reality of the situation started to sink in. Looking between Scotty and my brother, my eyes were burning as I desperately tried to hold back my emotions. I couldn’t cry here. Not in front of these guys.

“I need some air,” I said before taking a few steps back.

“Madison,” Henry drawled, accidentally bumping into me, and I crushed my eyes shut because I just had to bump into him, didn’t I? We might have been on good terms now, but that didn’t mean I wanted him to see me like this. “Good to see you again.”

“Henry,” Cade said in warning.

At this point, Scotty was standing beside Cade, and even though I knew he was there, I didn’t have the courage to look up and acknowledge him. There was too much going on in my brain.

“Do you remember what we talked about?”

Henry raised his hands. “Relax. Your sister doesn’t want me. She’s in love with Dash.”

I gasped. When I looked at Scotty, he stilled. What the hell did Henry know?

“Dash?” Cade said, and my blood ran cold because, even though he was drunk, his voice sounded menacing. “Still?”

That last word forced me to look at him because what did he mean,“still?”

Cade’s eyes dripped with pity as I asked, “What are you talking about?”

Cade sighed. “I’m sorry, Madison. I thought you were over that anddating some football player. I wouldn’t have flaunted Dash’s new relationship in front of you if I thought there was any hint that you were still into him.”

New relationship? Did he have to keep using words like that? Didn’t he see it was making me want to crumble to dust? Everyone was watching me, and I was too busy trying to tamper down my reaction to think.