Chapter Nine CAMERON DAY 5 Before I open my eyes, I know it’s going to be a miserable day. Between my head pounding and my stomach rumbling, I’m not sure I can even get out of bed. I pull the blankets over my head and groan. Last night, I tried to make a move on Eli, and he shot me down. Rejected. In retrospect, it was one of the most humiliating things I’ve done in a long time. Not to mention, it involves the one person who already thinks I’m an uptight royal princess. He’ll never let me live this down. Sinking further under the sheets, I want the mattress to swallow me whole. Knowing Eli, he’s shirtless in the kitchen wearing a smug smirk and waiting for me to grace him with my presence. One part of me wants to get this over with, but the other part hopes I can hide in here and