Chapter: 39

Still, Alicia felt awkward to change in the car.

Sensing her reluctance, Caden closed the partition, effectively blocking Hank's view of the back seat.

Alicia gingerly removed the jacket. "Can you turn around as well?" she asked warily.

Caden raised an eyebrow, his gaze lingering on her chest. “Why all the fuss over A cups?"

Alicia's face flushed with indignation. She looked down and studied her chest for a moment, then brazenly pulled her shoulders back to puff out her girls. "Is there something wrong with your eyes? What A cup?"

Caden's lips curled into a smirk. He could almost feel the softness of her breasts as if they nestled against his palms. “Looks can be deceiving. One needs to feel the weight of it to know for certain."

Alicia's face, ears, and neck turned an alarming shade of red. With a huff, she turned her back to him and quickly changed into his shirt.

Caden shamelessly watched her, and took a particular interest in her slender waist. "Calling it an A cup is generous as it is," he continued to critique her. “If A-minus is a thing, it would be a more fitting measurement."

Unable to take any more of his snide comments, Alicia whirled around and threw the soiled jacket at his face. "Go to hell, Caden!"

Caden casually dropped the jacket to the floor, completely unfazed.

“What, can't handle the truth?"

Alicia rolled her eyes. "Please! Stop projecting your own humility onto me."

Caden shrugged his shoulders and hummed. He saw no reason to defend himself. After all, there was no truth to her claims.

Opening the partition again, Caden happened to glance at the rearview mirror, and noticed that Joshua's car was tailing them.

He chuckled under his breath.

Alicia also noticed, but her reaction was a stark contrast to Caden's amusement. “Hank,” she said, leaning over to the driver's seat, “can you please pull over by that trash bin up ahead?"

Hank had no idea what she was planning, but he complied without batting an eye.

As their car slowed down, so did Joshua's.

From behind the wheel, Joshua watched as the rear window of Caden's car rolled down. Then a piece of clothing flew out of the car, landing smack-dab into the trash bin.

Joshua's brows knitted.

"Wasn't that Alicia's dress?" Lilliana exclaimed in a shrill voice.

“Why is she throwing it away? Wait, what is she wearing then? Oh, my! Is she and Caden actually... Are they getting it on in the car?!"

Joshua's hands tightened around the steering wheel, so much so that his veins bulged against his skin.

Caden saw right through Alicia's little game. "Misleading them, are we?"

Alicia glanced at him and asked, "What else should I be doing?"

Caden chuckled at that. "Platonic marriages must be really interesting.”

Alicia pressed her lips together in frustration.

Just then, Caden's phone rang.

He tapped the screen and put it on speaker.

On the other end of the line, Lilliana asked, "Mr. Ward, why were you at the cafe with Alicia earlier?"