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My phone buzzes on the counter next to me. Which is the only warning I get before a knock sounds on the door behind us, and I jump off of the counter as I feel phantom spiders crawling across my skin.
Turning around, I prepare for the worst. It’s Trey. He’s here for me.
But instead, I get the best.
Cam.
He wiggles his fingers at me with the biggest smile.
I walk over to the door as Chloe tells me, “I will give you guys some space. Call me if you need me, okay?”
Nodding, she leaves me to deal with this mess of my own making. I unlock the door and let him in, relocking it behind him.
“Look, Cam, I need to—ahh!”
I shriek as I become airborne as he swings me around in circles.
“I’ve missed you,” he whispers into my ear before lowering me to the ground and pulling me into a hug with my head against his chest.
Inhaling deep, I breathe him in and sigh, “I’ve missed you too.”
He releases me and steps back. “I hope you listened to my voice mail and this isn’t an unwelcome surprise.”
Laying my hands on his abs, I kiss his chest and assure him, “You being here is never unwelcome.”
“Good.” He leans down and kisses my forehead. “I’m sorry to surprise you if that’s not okay. But after practice today, I couldn’t stop thinking about you while I was doing that interview. After that article was published about us, the first thing I wanted to know was if you were okay.”
I stopped listening at the word interview.
“What did you just say?” I interrupt him. “What interview? Did you talk about me in it?”
“Of course I did. Everyone wants to know who you are. And when I was telling the interviewer about you, I couldn’t stop thinking about something I have been wanting to tell—”
“Cam, please. What did you say about me?” I beg him to answer.
His brows furrow, and his shoulders tense. “What’s going on? Why are you upset?”
Frustration rattles me to my core. “Please just tell me. I need to know exactly what you told them.”
Cam reaches out to grab my hands, and I flinch. I flinch from Cam. But not because of Cam, but because of the emotions and feelings being stirred up right now.
“I’m sorry,” I mutter.
“Nikki, what is happening right now? What am I missing? Is it about the sign on the door?” he whispers.
I cackle. “Nikki.”
Oh fuck, I’m losing it.
“I will tell you everything, but please tell me what you said—every detail. Nothing is too small.”
“I told them how happy you make me. How you are someone I never knew I needed but that you’ve changed my entire life. You make me look at everything differently in the best possible way.” He pauses. “I told them your name and that you run a coffee shop here. If I can help spike business, I want to. I want you to be as successful as you can be. I know how important it is to you.”
Ripping my phone out of my pocket, I call Chloe and wait for her to answer.
She picks up on the first ring. “What’s going on?”
All of the words try to come out of my mouth at once, but nothing makes it past my lips.
