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“Nope.”
“Your place then?” He won’t let up, and I appreciate his persistence.
“My roommates wish bodily harm upon you on a daily basis. I don’t think that’s the move,” I tell him.
“They know?”
I nod. Shrug. “I had to tell someone.”
“I’ll earn back their approval.” He sounds determined.
“You’re going to have to work extra hard, Camden Fields.”
His grin is devastating. “A little hard work has never scared me before, Blair Maguire. Trust me on that.”
I stare at him in wonder. “Is this really happening right now?”
“You’re in control of this entire scenario, B. I know I fucked up. I have to earn my way back into your heart,” he says, and I almost want to laugh.
Earn his way back into my heart? Doesn’t he realize he’s still there?
That he never left?
“Well, it’s working.” I shouldn’t cave, but what’s the point of torturing him any longer.
Or torturing myself? I care about him. More than that, I’m in love with him.
If he does everything he just promised, it’s going to be okay.
But he needs to come through first.
After that mind-blowing conversation, he walks me out to my car, ever the gentleman while he holds the door open for me at the restaurant’s entrance. A group of guys who are just about to enter the place offer up high fives to Cam, all of them calling out his name in greeting when they spot him, and he slaps their hands. Even poses for photos with them, smiling for the camera as they all surround him, offering their congratulations and support before they walk inside.
I just watch it all with a faint smile on my face. I even took the photos so the entire group could be in them with Cam. He’s a bit of a superstar in town and on campus, and he takes it all in stride. As I’ve told him from the beginning, I’m used to this sort of thing, thanks to my family, but then again, it’s a little different when it’s all happening to the man I’m in love with.
It feels so good, thinking like that. Again. Not going to lie, I’m wary. Who could blame me for feeling that way? I bet even Cam would want me to be wary.
But I’m also…
Happy.
This might work between us.
Maybe.
THIRTY-SIX
CAM
It’sthe day after my talk with Blair at the pizza restaurant and I’ve been running on nervous energy ever since. I stayed up late into the night texting with her, both of us keeping up the conversation and sharing what’s happened in the last month. I had a lot more to tell her and she let me. At one point, we FaceTimed because it was so much easier for me to just talk to her instead of typing it all out.
I was in the dark and so was she. Only the glow from her phone screen illuminating her beautiful face. She was wearing some sort of tank top to bed and I saw plenty of skin, which filled me with the urge to just…be with her. So I could touch her. Hold her.
Kiss her. Strip her. You know.
The usual.
Normally, I pack my day with so much activity I’m exhausted, meaning I fall asleep quickly every damn night. It’s easier that way. Gives me less time to think. The more time I have on my hands, the worse my thoughts get. Even with therapy. Even with repeating to myself all of the mantras and self-affirmations Betty’s supplied for me.
