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Camden frowns down at her plate. “And you can’t tell me more than that.”
“No.”
She forgets about her pancakes and stares at me for a long moment. She’s so beautiful. I want to lose myself in her.
“Can you tell me something else, Ben?”
“Like what?”
“Anything that’s true.”
I pause and then drop a bombshell. “I’ve never had sex.”
She sits back in her chair, mouth twisting into a smirk. “Get real.”
“Camden, I’ve lied about all kinds of things. I wouldn’t lie to you about this. I’m no angel for sure and I’ve done some dirty shit. But good old fashioned sex? Nope, never done it.”
Her smirk changes to shock. “My god, you’re serious.”
“Very.”
She’s at a loss. “Ben.”
The waitress picks an unfortunate moment to stop by and ask us if we need anything else.
Camden is inspecting me so intently it’s like she’s trying to read a map on my forehead. But she waits until the waitress is gone before saying another word. “You’ve had plenty of chances. I know you have. I hear the way girls talk about you. They must throw themselves at you all the time.”
“Not gonna argue about that.”
“And you’ve never had sex with any of them?”
“Not in the technical sense. No.”
“Why?”
“Hey, like I said, I’m not exactly a monk. But I guess when the time comes to cross that bridge it just feels too….”
I search for the right word.
Camden waits.
I figure out what I’m trying to say.
“It just feels too close.”
She lets that sink in. “And you don’t let people get too close, do you?”
“Not regularly.”
Not at all.
Her hand touches mine. She’s an angel in that pink sweater. I’d pull her into my lap and bury my face in her soft hair if it wouldn’t draw stares and probably some catcalls from the truckers at the counter.
“Ben, I’m really sorry that I ever misjudged you.”
“I gave you good reason. I got in the habit of acting like a dick around you.”
“Yeah, you were a dick sometimes.”
