Page 62 of Ruin

“I don’t drive like a grandma. I drive responsibly.”

“Mmhmm.” He chuckles that sound again.

“Why did you leave the bar? Did Busty’s pen run out of ink?”

His lips lift into a sexy grin. “So, you did leave because you were jealous.”

“I…what?” My mouth pops into an O. “No, I did not leave because I was jealous, Mr. Ego. There was nothing for me to be jealous over.”

“If you say so.”

“I do.”

“Okay then.” He turns and starts to walk back down the driveway.

I feel this harsh pull in my chest, and I’m speaking before I can stop myself, “What are you doing here, Zeus?”

He stops and turns around to face me. “Making sure you got home okay. I figured Deputy Dick wouldn’t see you home unless he was getting something at the end of it.”

“I went in my own car.”

“He could have followed you home.”

“How do you know he didn’t?” I fire back.

He takes a step back and glances both ways down the empty street before giving me a pointed look. “Deputy Dick has a side job as the Invisible Man?”

“Fine,” I snap. “He didn’t see me home. But what does it matter to you?”

“You’re the mother of my child. I care about your safety.”

I let out a bitter laugh. “Just not for the last five years.”

His face darkens, and he walks back to me, his long legs quickly eating the space between us. He stops inches away, and I suck in a breath.

“I fucked up, Cam.” His voice is rough. “You think I don’t know this? I know. Jesus, do I know. But I’m trying here.” He scrubs a hand over his head. “I’ve made so many mistakes. But no more. I’m gonna do right by you and Gigi.”

“I don’t need you to do right by me. Only Gigi.”

Zeus stares at me, and the look in his eyes makes me start to tremble.

“I don’t think you understand, so I’m just going to make it plainly clear. I want you back.”

“You…what?”

“I want you back.”

He steps closer, and I instinctively step back, my heart rattling in my chest.

He frowns at my retreat but continues on, “I still love you, Cam. I never stopped.”

“No. No fucking way. You don’t get to come here and do this. We’re over, Zeus. We were over a long time ago.” The moment you stuck your dick in someone else. “The only thing between us now is that little girl sleeping upstairs.”

He slowly shakes his head, his eyes holding mine. “We’ve never been over. I never moved on, and neither have you.”

I grit my teeth, fury flooding in my veins. “I moved on a long time ago.”

“No, Dove, you didn’t. And you’re lying to yourself if you think otherwise.”