Free Redemption (Forgiven Series) by Rebecca Brooke

worse.”
    He stopped to look down and when he looked back up again I could see the annoyance in his eyes. “Since you haven’t seen your dad lately, that’s not the reason. And it’s total bullshit that you’re happy screwing a different girl every night.”
    That sweeping assumption was like gas to a flame. Who was Caleb to determine what made me happy?
    “What gives you the right to tell me what I want? I’m not you, Caleb. If there was someone I really wanted, I’d go after them, not run away. There just isn’t one that fits that category.” I turned to head back to my bedroom when Caleb’s voice stopped me.
    “I know something happened between you and Lauren last night.”
    A thousand different explanations raced through my mind but before I could say anything he put his hand up to stop me. “Don’t even try to deny it. It’s written all over your face. I’m not sure exactly what happened, nor do I want to know, but if you’re gonna keep sleeping with anything that breathes, please stay away from Angie’s friends.” Avoiding my gaze he looked down to the floor, rubbing the back of his neck in a way that made me think I wouldn’t like what he was going to say. “I wouldn’t want to have to choose between you and her,” he said sadly.
    Unsure how to process his admission, I nodded once and headed for my room. Dropping down to lie on my bed, I tried to get comfortable but failed miserably. I had to figure out a way to show Angie and Caleb that I was happy with things the way they were. I didn’t want Caleb to ever have to choose between us, but if I kept pissing Angie off like I had last night… let’s just say I didn’t want it to even be a possibility.
    A few minutes later my phone buzzed. Checking the text message, I saw it was from Nick.
     
    Nick: I’m in
     
    Me: Pick u up at 10?
     
    Nick: Sure
     
    With my plans set I figured it was time to get some homework done because I had no plans on coming home tomorrow night. After working for a few hours, I decided to play a little Xbox before going to bed.
     
    Thankfully by the next morning Angie had cooled off and was willing to listen to my apology. “So, are you still willing to ride over to class with me this morning?” I asked, flashing her my most charming smile. It always worked so well on Angie because she knew I wasn’t hitting on her. She would just shake her head and laugh at me.
    “Yeah, I’ll ride over with you,” she said through her giggles. “Let me just grab my stuff.”
    Angie and I had classes in the morning on Monday’s, but Caleb’s classes didn’t start until the afternoon so the lucky bastard was still asleep. When Angie was ready I grabbed my stuff and we walked out of the apartment.
    Caleb must’ve said something to Angie last night, because she didn’t mention hooking me up with someone the entire ride to campus.
    “Any plans for the wedding yet?” I asked, making up for the unusual silence between us.
    She looked at me from the passenger seat with a huge grin on her face and, albeit belatedly, I realized that asking a woman about her wedding was probably not the best idea. Then again she was marrying my best friend, so there was no way I was ever going to completely get out of listening to wedding plans. At least this way it was on my terms.
    “Well, we talked about dates last night, but that’s about it so far,” she answered.
    I kept my eyes on the road and waited for her to tell me what date they might have picked, but the silence continued. “Are you gonna tell me what date you picked?”
    She startled and quickly turned to me. “Sorry, what did you say?”
    I laughed. I knew exactly what she was doing. “You were sitting there daydreaming about the rest of the day, weren’t you?”
    “Yeah,” she said sheepishly.
    I continued to laugh. “I wanted to know what date you two decided on?”
    “Neither one of us want to get married while we’re still trying to finish our degrees, so we decided