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My heart feels torn, and I realize this is why we could never work. I have to build my career and Cameron has to keep playing hockey. We can’t be together. It would just end in heartbreak.
I can’t handle any more heartbreak.
I set my phone on the bed and wait for Cameron, wondering what he’ll have to say once he hangs up with Frankie. They speak for a few more minutes, and then, finally, he appears in the doorway.
“You hiding from Frankie? Or are you just that excited to cuddle with me tonight?” Cameron shoots me a wink, his voice bright.
“I probably should shower first,” I tell him as he takes a seat beside me, his warm hand falling on my knee. “We have a long day tomorrow.”
He nods, though his expression falters. “Yeah ... yeah, we do.”
“One more night together,” I say, looking up at him.
His warm irises search mine. “One more night, and then we go back to normal life. That doesn’t mean we have to act like we’re never going to see each other again.” He chuckles, squeezing my knee slightly.
“Right,” I tell him.
I open my mouth to say something more, to tell him that I have to fly to New York as soon as we arrive in Atlanta, but Cameron cuts me off with a heady kiss.
It’s desperate and passionate.
And I think he might already know.
I can’t have Cameron and my career.
Chapter Twenty-Four
Cameron
She’s flying back to New York from Atlanta.
I glance over to Nila, sitting quietly in the seat beside me on the plane, as Frankie’s words echo in my mind. I know Nila has to take a job for someone else. I know she’s leaving. She hasn’t mentioned it to me even once.
She knows I know...
And I think that’s why she let me hold her all night.
However, as much as this feels like the end of it for us—that we’re never going to be anything other than a couple strangers who shared a few kisses and a whole lot of chemistry—I’m not going to let her go this easy. I just don’t know how to tell her.
But I’m running out of time.
“Have you ever watched this movie?” Nila tilts her phone to the side so I can see the romcom on the screen.
I shake my head. “I haven’t seen it, but ... um...” My mouth goes dry. “Frankie told me you’re flying to New York City from Atlanta.”
Her brows raise, but her eyes are full of recognition. “Yeah, that’s what the plan is. I got offered a job working for Vibrant Tech in the city, and they want me to get started sooner rather than later. I guess it all worked out since Dr. Shadid released that statement on your behalf.”
I nod, though part of me is wishing we could go back. “Great timing.” Almost too great of timing, really. “Are you looking forward to the new job?”
She shrugs, eyeing me as her gaze returns to the screen of her phone. “I don’t know. I guess so. Garrett Norris is supposed to be really phenomenal to work with—so they say,” she adds with a laugh.
“Oh yeah? I think I’ve heard of him. He’s supposed to be some kind of billionaire playboy, right?” My stomach churns, but I ignore it.
“I think all billionaires are playboys.” Nila snorts, pushing some of her red hair out of her face. “It’s a luxury they have.”
“Yeah...”
She gives me a weird look. “Are you jealous or something?”
