Page 80 of What Should Have Been Ours

I smirk, stepping beside her and taking the eyeliner from her hand. “Here, let me do it before you cause an actual injury.”

She sighs dramatically but stays still as I carefully fix it for her, stepping back once it’s even. “There. Perfect.”

Kinsley checks her reflection, then nods approvingly. “Damn. I look hot.”

“You always look hot.”

She grins. “Thank you.”

I roll my eyes but smile, moving to grab my earrings from the dresser. As I put them on, Kinsley leans against the wall, watching me with a smirk.

“So…you and Cam?”

I lift a brow. “What about me and Cam?”

“You are happy, right, Gabrielle? You would tell me if you weren’t?”

I pause, thinking about it. The answer is so simple, but it all still makes my heart feel so full at the thought, like there’s too much love to fit in there.

“I am,” I say softly. “Happier than I’ve been in a very long time. But that also scares me sometimes, too.”

Kinsley studies me for a beat, her smile fading into something softer. “Why?”

I swallow hard, fiddling with the bracelet on my wrist. “Because everything in my life that’s ever been good has been taken away from me. And I don’t think I could handle him walking away a second time.”

Kinsley steps closer, squeezing my arm. “Cam’s not going anywhere, Gabrielle. That man looks at you like you are the only star in his sky. I think even you know he’s not leaving you again.”

I let out a slow breath, nodding. “Yeah, I guess. It just…still doesn’t feel real sometimes. Feels like it’s been too easy and that’s when things always go wrong.”

She gives me a reassuring smile, then suddenly tilts her head. “Speaking of things that I wish weren’t actually real. Are you ready for Cam to be around Dr. Douche bag tonight?”

I groan. “Ugh. I completely forgot we’d have to deal with William.”

Kinsley snorts. “I don’t know how you forgot. We still have to see his stupid face at work every day.”

“Yeah, well, avoiding him has been easier now that I stay in my little happy bubble these days. It’s like I naturally block him out now.” I smirk, adjusting the strap of my dress. “And honestly? Seeing William and his new girlfriend all over each other doesn’t even faze me anymore. I mean, the other day, I accidentally walked into his office, and they were—”

Kinsley gasps. “No! Do not tell me you saw them—”

“Oh, full-on going at it on the desk,” I confirm, laughing. “I just turned around, closed the door, and then busted out laughing from secondhand embarrassment.”

Kinsley doubles over. “That cannot be real life.”

I shrug. “It’s William. Of course it is.”

She shakes her head, still laughing. “I can’t wait to see Cam and William in the same room, having to interact. You really upgraded, babe. Cam is the man William wishes he could be. Obviously way hotter too.”

I smirk. “Obviously.”

Before Kinsley can say anything else, I hear a knock at the door.

I glance at Kinsley. “You ready?”

She grins. “Yep.”

I walk through the living room, open the door, and—

Well damn.