Kaden leaned down to kiss me. "Rachel, just drop it."
My heart was filled with bitterness.
"You say you love me, but why can't you just have me?"
Kaden smiled. "Rachel, you know I don't like it when people harp on the same topic."
I laughed until tears came to my eyes.
I thought, What is Kaden thinking now?
He is probably thinking about his first love.
But where is his first love now?
Kaden wiped away my tears. "Come on, just drop it. I'm tired."
I pushed away from his embrace.
"Kaden, five years isn't exactly a short time, is it?"
"Five years isn't exactly long, either," Kaden said, reaching out to pull me back.
"Kaden, the whole of Oakland knows I'm your legally wedded wife."
"Rachel, the whole of Oakland also knows that my first love wasn't you."
Kaden's words were the final straw that broke the camel's back. It felt as though a sharp blade had sliced through my heart, cutting deep with every word.
"So, after all these years, you're still thinking about her, aren't you?"
"Rachel, you can't control who I think about. I don't want to argue with you or hear you say these things…" Kaden looked at me with an unmistakable trace of irritation.