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“Whatever happened to Trina?” I hated myself for asking. I couldn’t keep the anger or jealousy out of my voice but he had started this conversation and I needed to know.
“She’s probably having a lovely evening with the guy she was trying to make jealous today with me on the volleyball court.”
“What? You did? Why?” I stammered
Nothing he was saying was making sense to me.
“Well, I was trying to make someone else jealous and Trina was happy to oblige. You see there was this girl, no she isn't a girl, and she’s a woman. An incredible, intelligent, funny, and sexy woman who I’m extremely attracted to. I’ve known her a long time, and we’ve always been close, friends even, but I’ve wanted it to be something more. I never thought she would look at me as anything other than a friend but my sister had me thinking I was wrong.”
His words were music to my ears but they almost didn’t make sense. They also annoyed me.
“Are you talking about me?” I asked and glared at him. I hadn’t sat down with him and had the advantage of looking down at him.
“Who else would I be talking about?” he asked as he slowly stood up.
I watched him as he did as his eyes held mine. I felt as if he was a predator and I was his prey. His look was almost deadly, it was so intense. It took me a few moments to understand that the look was more a look of desire than anything else. I took a step back; I was so shocked by it.
“Really? I don’t know. Trina, the server at dinner, a woman you met at the club, ten different women you met today.”
I hadn’t allowed myself to think that he might be interested in me and his actions seemed to prove it. Now, his words were confusing me all over again. Had I just been misinterpreting everything? Did he want me as much as I wanted him?
“None of them hold a candle to you. None of them has infuriated me or drove me mad the way you have.” Cameron stepped closer to me and ran his finger along the side of my face. I shivered with need and excitement. I wanted to believe him, I needed to believe him. I didn’t want to think that he was truly messing with me, but I needed to be sure.
“Drove you mad? You have to be crazy. I’m not one of your women, I won’t be. I’m not some toy you can play with.”
I wanted to walk away. I wanted to slap him in the face but I couldn’t do any of that. I wanted to hear what he had to say. I wanted to know what he wanted from me.
“Sydney, I think we could have a lot of fun if we were to be together. Will you let us? I want you and I know you want me too.”
Cameron brought his hands and put them on the small of my back. He didn’t pull me to him but he kept me in place. I wasn’t sure I could have moved if a hurricane had come through. He held my gaze as he moved towards me. I watched transfixed as his mouth opened and I knew he would kiss me. My breath caught in my throat and I tried to wrap my brain around the fact that Cameron was so close to me and was going to kiss me. I couldn’t, so instead, I closed my eyes and leaned into him. My heart was going a mile a minute and I couldn’t catch my breath. I felt his breath next to mine and need and anticipation flowed through me.
The yells from a drunk woman across the way broke me out of my trance and I stepped away from him. I shook my head and wouldn’t look at Cameron. He didn’t say anything and I wondered if he needed a moment like I did. When I thought I could handle it, I looked over at him. He hadn’t moved away from me and he had the same look on his face as before, that of raw need and desire.
The look was exciting and nerve racking. Looking at him looking at me, I wanted nothing more than to kiss him but I couldn’t. The woman allowed me to step back from Cameron and I was able to think clearly again. I might want him but it didn’t matter. We couldn’t be together.
“We shouldn’t be doing this,” I said.
“Why not? I think this is a long time coming. I’ve always been attracted to you. I never thought you would see me as anything more than your friend. There’s no one I respect more than you. No one I think higher of than you.”
“I doubt that.”
He was a well-respected surgeon. There were plenty of other people that he had to respect more than me. It only made me see that he was more interested in sleeping with me than anything else and was willing to say and do whatever he needed to accomplish that goal. I hated thinking that I was just another notch on his bed post but what he was saying was making me think I was.
“You’re an incredible teacher. All your students and staff love you. I have seen it when you’re with them. You’re brilliant at shaping their minds and making them into well-rounded people. You give them that foundation because you’re so caring and loving towards them.
“Laura loves you and would do anything for you. She isn’t the most selfless of people but she is with you. She is kind, funny, and relaxed around you. I don’t know her past but I understand it wasn’t pretty. You’ve shown her the good things that can happen in life and she can overcome anything.
“And you’re so good with our parents, with our family. You accepted me and Dad into your life like it wasn’t anything. You support your mother and her decisions and I know she relies on you for advice, and I don’t blame her.
“It is just all of that, but it’s so much more. It’s also that you’re the sexiest woman I’ve ever seen. You’ve slowly driven me crazy from the moment we met. I never thought I would have a chance with you but I want to see if I can now. I have seen how you look at me, I saw how jealous you were about Trina. It wasn’t right for me to do that to you, and I’m sorry, but if it made you jealous and for me to see we could be something then I’m okay with it. It only makes me want to know something more. Something far more important.”
“What do you want to know?” I asked breathlessly.
“What it would be like to kiss you, to hold you in my arms, to feel you next to me. I have to know what it’s like to touch you in all the ways that I’ve imagined doing a thousand and one times. You aren’t just some woman, you are the only woman I’ve ever wanted to be with. All the others pale in comparison to you.”
Even in the moonlight I could see how sincere he was. I couldn’t believe this was happening. Had he really said all of that? Did he really mean everything? As I looked at him, I could see the only thing that was keeping me from being with him was my own insecurities.
Two days ago, I never would have thought that I would be kissing Doctor Cameron Walker or anything else that we might do. But as I looked into his eyes, as his body moved closer to me, I knew I was going to. The strangest part about it was how right it felt and how much I wanted it. I didn’t care if it might not be good for our family or how it might look to others. All I cared about was being with him.
