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Me: It went about as well as it could. It’s a lot. Are you okay?
Three dots pop up on the screen, and my heart thumps in my chest anxiously for reasons I don’t want to even consider. Cameron has finally let his guard down with me. He’s even been … charming, in his own way.
The moment we shared outside of the bar right before all this happened had me feeling so many ways.
In the moment, he felt ... safe.
But now? I’m not sure how to feel.
“You should probably get a rental.” Tucker’s voice draws me out of my thoughts.
I set my phone on my lap. “Yeah, I might consider it once I know where this is going.”
He nods, eyeing me.
“Are you solely working for Cameron?” I ask, running my hands down my jeans. I was hardly dressed professionally at the meeting, but it is what it is.
He laughs. “No, it might seem like he keeps me busy enough to be full-time, but I do have other clients. Why? Do you need a lawyer?”
I shake my head. “I don’t think so, though maybe I will after all this...”
“Nah, this won’t come back on you. How could it? You’re just doing your job— managing social media. If anything, it might help your career. Maybe you’ll become the go-to person for cleaning up PR messes for athletes.”
“That might be fun,” I comment, my eyes flicking back to my chat with Cameron. The three dots appear again, and I wonder if he’s typing out a book for me to read. Maybe he’s trying to explain everything.
Ring. Ring.
Tucker’s phone screen in his car flashes with Cameron’s name.
“Hey,” Tucker answers, and I brace, realizing he’s leaving it on speaker.
“Is it bad?” Cameron’s voice sounds gruff on the other end of the line.
“Uh ... let me take you off speaker.”
“You’re not alone?”
“No, Nila’s here with me,” Tucker says, and the silence on the other end of the line makes my stomach knot up.
Surely, he’s not assuming anything...
Not that it matters.
I’m not interested in dating anyone.
And even if I was, not only would dating Cameron be unprofessional, but the accusations from his ex-girlfriend are still swirling around in my head. And I’ve yet to hear from him about whether any of it is true.
None of these fleeting feelings of attraction are even worth exploring...
But still, hours later, when I’m climbing into bed, I feel a sting of hurt.
He never texted me back.
Chapter Ten
Cameron
“You need to call her.”
