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I chased after her and grabbed her arm. “No. You can't.”
“Oh? Why not?”
“Because. Because he'll try to sleep with you, okay?”
She snickered. “So what if he tries? You actually think I will?”
I felt my face get hot and flustered. “Well—I dunno—maybe.”
“Camille. I would never fuck a guy that you're so obviously into.”
“I am notinto Beau,” I huffed with outrage. Why didn't she believe me?
“But the thought of Beau hitting on me bothers you, even though you two haveneverslept together and you're not interested in him at all, right?”
“Exactly!” I knew it didn't make sense, but I didn't care. “And that's exactly why he'd do it, too. Because he knows it'd bother me. He thinks it'd be totally hilarious to fuck my business partner, to teach me a lesson about how great he is. Or something.”
“This is hilarious. And you two sound like one hot mess together,” Piper squealed. “But I love it. This guy is already way more exciting than Matt.”
I groaned. “Trust me. It's nothing like that.”
“So come with me to the club. Or don't, and I'll go alone, and you'll stay at home being driven mad with paranoia.” She leaned closer and lowered her voice. “But I'd rather you come with me.”
“Fine.Fine,I'll go. But only so I can protect you from him.”
“Perfect.” Piper smiled from ear to ear. “So you're really not going to admit it?”
“Admit what?”
“That, just a second ago, you two were staring at each other with those furious bedroom eyes. Like you couldn't wait to tear each other out of your clothes and sink your teeth into each other and screw like animals.Just go ahead and admit it, Cam, it's not hard! Once upon a time, there was something between you guys.”
I let out an ear-piercing laugh. “Nothing. There was nothing there. Now or ever.”
Piper's eyes sparkled. “You know he passes the bicep-calf test, right?”
“And yet his big, rippling biceps don't make him any less of a sleaze.”
Chapter 4
Gone Weak
Beau
Hunter and I left Camille's bakery and hailed the first cab we saw. The two of us climbed into the back and set the box of goodies between us.
I gave the cabbie the address, and we took off for the hotel. When I relaxed into my seat, I noticed Hunter was staring at me.
“What?” I asked him.
“I'm surprised,” Hunter said with a chuckle. “That was really, um, …”
Hunter trailed off.
“What? What?” I asked, as a pulse started throbbing in my neck.
“Weak.”
My jaw unhinged. “Weak?”
