Even though he and Hadley weren't part of the picnic basket auction, Kendall was still having a great time with their friends. Or, at least, he had been until Hadie decided to bid on a basket that was obviously Margo's. Even though he insisted that he didn't want the date, he just wanted to stop the other guy bidding on Margo who was allegedly a 'jerk' from winning, the damage had been done and Kendall felt a deep pang of sympathy for Addy as she and Hadie started fighting. Whatever carefully crafted and fun afternoon she had planned for them was certainly going to be soured by this whole thing... or it wouldn’t happen at all, he found out, as Addison came to him and Hadley to give them a good chunk of money along with a plea to do what it took to make sure that Hadie didn’t win her basket.
Normally Kendall would jump at the opportunity to encourage communication between the couple while they were at odds, but Addy’s basket was coming up and she obviously still needed space, so the best thing Kendall could do as a friend was help. He was grateful that Hadley understood the importance of friendship and that she cared about making sure their friends were okay; it made him feel less guilty about bidding on Addy, and using his own money to start the bidding at that. She was in a hard enough spot with the way Hadie had been behaving, she didn’t need to lose money today on top of that, and aside from that, her basket was incredible and had more than earned it.
It was a tense back and forth but especially with Addison’s money, it was no time at all before Hadie was out of the running and the auctioneer was announcing, “Sold! Addison Pendragon’s basket goes to Kendall Andersen!”
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