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‘I don’t know,’ I said, reaching up and kissing along his jawline. ‘Kiss me until none of it matters.’
And he did. Fiercely, slowly, passionately, softly. He kissed me until I forget about it all.
CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR
CAMERON
Head over heels.
Like a lovesick puppy.
As the days passed with me out doing business, my heart stayed at home, entangled up in Maeve. It was an exercise in willpower to leave her every morning. I dreaded closing my eyes at night, knowing it would bring the morning back to me in a flash, meaning I had to leave her again.
She had become an obsession. Watching her laugh made me weak. A smile from her was enough to bring me to her side, a kiss brought me to my knees.
My whole life had passed, not knowing I could feel so addicted to another human. She was like the most potent drug. No matter how big the hit, I soon needed more of her. The men had noticed a change in me. Not a softening, I still dealt with business with the same no nonsense approach I’d always favoured, but the ice had cracked, a little at least.
I tore open the door before the doorman had opened it, throwing him a grin as I made my way home. Home to Maeve. Each second in the elevator seemed to stretch to an eternity as I waited to hold her again. Back to our little bubble, protected from the outside world. Our own small slice of paradise.
I screeched to a halt when I walked into the sitting room, only to find Katie there. Not that I didn’t enjoy seeing my sister, I did, but I’d been so wrapped up in Maeve that I’d been neglecting just about everyone and everything else.
‘Katie.’ I took off my jacket and draped it over the chair.
She fixed me with a smile that let me know she knew about us. Knew we’d crossed that boundary from together on paper, to together in the flesh. ‘Hey Cam, good day at work.’
‘Same old. What are you doing here?’
Katie tutted and shook her head. ‘Not the welcome I usually get. What’s wrong? Not ready to share her yet? I’ve always wanted a sister.’
I ran a hand over my face, trying to think of a kind way to tell her to get lost so I could lose myself in my wife.
‘Cam, you’re back!’ Maeve came into the room and kissed me on the cheek, blushing when I gripped her around the waist and pressed her against me, kissing her on the lips. She gave a shy blink toward my sister before relaxing in my arms. ‘Katie’s taking me dancing.’
‘The hell she is.’
Both of their faces fell at my words, and I cringed as Maeve slipped out of my grip and narrowed her eyes at me.
‘Yes. She is. If this could ever work, she’d be my family, too. I want to get to know her.’
My resolve softened as I looked at them, from the girl I’d spent my life protecting to the woman who stole my heart. Them being friends would be amazing. Them going out into the city was the issue. It wasn’t safe.
‘I know. It’s just that you both could be used against me. Against Father. I don’t want to risk it.’
‘We’ll be fine. We are going to go to Glasgow, and go to one of Ewen’s clubs.’ Maeve laughed when she saw my eyebrows shoot up. ‘Not his sex club. Just the normal one. To dance and get to know each other.’
Fuck, the idea of her in a sex club sent a wave of jealousy crashing into me. I swallowed hard. She needed the agency, needed her freedom and her own power. Men and rules had crushed Maeve her whole life. It wasn’t my place to wrap her up in cotton wool and keep her locked up in the apartment. No matter how tempting the prospect.
‘Take Benny and two of the guys. Promise me you’ll be safe.’
Maeve beamed at me and pulled me back into her arms, planting a great big kiss on my cheek. ‘Thank you for understanding. We’ll be safe.’
Katie stood up and stretched out before helping herself to an apple from the bowl on the counter. ‘I’m guessing you two don’t hate each other anymore, then?’
‘Not so much,’ I said, smoothing a piece of hair from Maeve’s face.
‘Only a little,’ Maeve said at the same time, before cracking into a smile. ‘I’m going to go have a quick shower. Come through in ten, Katie and we can get ready together?’
Katie nodded between crunches of apple. When Maeve left the room, she turned toward me and crossed her arms.
