Page 86 of Ruin

“Maybe I don’t want it to work between us. You ever think of that?” I fold my arms over my chest.

“Stop lying to yourself, Cam. The sooner you admit that you still love me, the sooner we can stop messing around and be together.”

“Fuck you!” I toss the words at him and make a grab for the door handle.

But he’s quicker.

The next thing I know, my back is against the door, my arms pinned over my head.

“Oh no, you don’t. You’re not walking away from this, Cam. I told you before. We need to work this out once and for all. I’ve pussyfooted around you for long enough. Now, we work it out. What will it take for you to trust me again?”

“I’ll never trust you again. Now, let me go,” I grit out.

“You can. And you will. Because you still love me.”

I let out a bitter laugh. “So sure of yourself.”

“No, Dove. I’m sure of you. I know you better than you know yourself.”

“Go to hell.”

“Already been there for the last five years. Not looking to go back. Now, tell me you love me, Dove.”

“I hate you,” I seethe. Hate him and me and everything us in this moment.

“Now, we’re getting somewhere.”

“Are you insane? I just told you I hate you, and you think that’s us getting somewhere?”

“Hate is the closest emotion to love. There’s a fine line between the two. So, the fact that you say you hate me tells me that your feelings for me are still in there.”

“You’re wrong.”

He’s right.

“So, tell me that you don’t love me anymore and mean it, Dove. You do that, and I’ll never bother you again. I’ll be there for Gigi. But I’ll leave you alone, so you can get on with your life.”

I part my lips to speak.

Say it, Cam. Just say the words, and he’ll leave you alone.

“I…”

Why can’t I say it?

Because you still love him, you idiot. You’ve always loved him.

I squeeze my eyes shut. Frustration pricking at them.

“I…can’t,” I whisper, defeated.

“That’s what I thought,” he says low.

The next thing I know, his mouth is covering mine, and for the second time in two days, Zeus is kissing me.

We’re hands and lips, tongues and teeth. Heated, crazy, out-of-control lust.

And zero common sense.