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I’m just about to shut my door when I hear Cheyenne giggle before she asks, “Was Cam there?”
I press my forehead against the door and briefly close my eyes. Damn it, she remembers our conversation. She knows.
“No,” I lie, shutting the door.
* * *
I’mon campus a few days later, at the quad by the student center between classes, grabbing something to drink. I pick up an iced white chocolate mocha from the little coffee shop that’s inside the building, constantly searching for one face in particular.
My brother’s.
Wherever Knox is, Cam is most likely with him. Those two stick together. If I see them, I’ll approach Knox like I need his help, but what I’m really doing is trying to get under Cam’s skin.
Like he’s gotten under mine.
I cannot stop thinking about him since our last encounter. Being in his car, his warm, spicy scent wrapping all around me. The gravely sound of his voice when he asked me if I was into that sort of thing. Then I remember what I said to him in response and I sort of want to crawl into a hole and die.
Embarrassing. But also liberating, if I’m being real with myself. I am so into Cam I would be willing to do just about anything he’d want me to. It wouldn’t be difficult for him to convince me.
When it comes to Camden Fields, I am just that easy.
My gaze drifts around the tables in the quad and I spot Knox sitting at a table with Cam and that big burly guy Derek, who is currently staring me up and down like he’s got X-ray vision and can see everything.
The perv.
Putting on a brave smile, I hitch my backpack higher on my shoulder and approach them with determined steps. Cam glances my way after Derek says something, his expression shifting into pure anger, and then Cam says something to Knox. Derek looks like he’d rather die than deal with the two of them.
Huh.
Knox smiles at me when I stop in front of them. “Hey, Sis.”
“Hi, Knox.” I glance at Cam. “Camden.”
“Blair.” Cam nods, barely looking at me as he gathers up his trash and shoves it into a to-go bag as he stands, pulling his backpack onto his shoulder. “I’ll see you guys later.”
He’s gone, never once looking at me.
I settle into the spot he just left, sitting directly across from my brother who asks, “What’s his problem?”
“Who knows? He always acts like he has a stick up his ass around me,” I mutter, annoyed.
Damn it, my entire plan is ruined, thanks to Cam bailing on us.
“Blair,” Knox chastises then sends Derek a dirty look, immediately shutting down Derek’s chuckling.
Clearing my throat, I decide to try my plan out on Knox anyway since it is something I should do today, which means I may as well get it over with.
“I was hoping you could help me out.” I smile at him, putting on the sweetness.
“With what?” Knox asks warily.
“I need a new laptop. Like, yesterday.” Mine has been acting up on me. I’ve had it forever and keep putting off getting a new one, but I finally have to just do it before the thing completely takes a crap on me. “And Dad said the only way I could get one today is if you go shopping with me.”
I can immediately tell Knox isn’t down to helping me. “I can’t leave campus this afternoon. I only have another—”
“Forty-five minutes until your next class,” I tell him. “Mom sent me your schedule.”
We talked last night. I called her to complain about the laptop issue, knowing she’d say I should go get a new one. I am so grateful our family has the type of money to take care of my needs when I’m in college, and I realize I’m lucky.
