Chapter Nine
Elias
Cammi’s eyes went dark. Her lips parted, and I wanted to kiss her so badly it hurt.
Although I hadn’t let myself spend too much time with Cammi, the reason I’d always steered away from getting too close was because she had a sweetness about her, a kindness that ran bone deep. I kind of lost my mind when I heard the bullshit that guy pulled on her. I knew she would never set out to have an affair with someone. She was loyal through and through and exuded it in everything she did.
I felt deeply protective of her, and I wanted to beat the s**t out of that f*****g asshole who’d used her like that. I hated to think her natural kindness could be soiled by cynicism.
And, the plain truth was, I wanted her, so fiercely I was tired of trying to swim against the current of my
