Page 20 of A Boy Is a Gun: Part II
Two
Cameron
Ifollow her down thehallway, and for once, she doesn’t look back.
She’s tense, spine straight as a blade.Doesn’t speak.Doesn’t glance at the envelope I slid across the counter like a declaration of war.Doesn’t look at me either, which is worse.
The door shuts behind us, and I lean against it like I belong here.She whirls around, eyes blazing.“Ten grand, Cam?Really?”
God, she’s beautiful when she’s pissed.It’s the kind of fury that comes from heartbreak and principle, and that combination has always undone me.“You said we had nothing to say to each other,” I reply evenly.“I’m just paying for the privilege.”
Her mouth twists.“Of what?Humiliating me?Parading your little PR move in front of everyone I know?That’sEthan’s sister, Cameron.”
I shrug.“That’s the point.”Her face drops like I slapped her.And maybe I did.
“You’re using her to get back at him?”Her voice cracks in that way it does when she’s hurt but trying to hide it behind outrage.
“She’s a willing participant,” I say it like it’s no big deal, because if I acknowledge how much this is costing me, I might not make it through.“And unlike some people, she doesn’t pretend to hate me while still moaning my name.”
Her body jolts like a current ran through her.I want her mad.I need hermad, because the alternative is her walking away from me for good.“You don’t get to play both victim and villain,” she spits.“You orchestrated an entire political takedown with your dick.”
“And Ethan orchestrated mine with a badge,” I step closer, voice lower now, darker.“He put me in cuffs the day Mia was born, Tay.You think I forgot that?You think I forgave that?”She doesn’t flinch, but her breath hitches.I see it.“You think this is just revenge?No, angel—this isrestoration.He took something from me.I’m collecting.”
Her breath catches when I call her that.Angel.She still hates that it works on her.Still loves that I say it like it’s sacred.
“Then what am I, huh?”she whispers.“Collateral?A warm-up?Was I just something to burn through until you could really get even?”
I don’t answer right away because I wasn’t expecting that question.And because I have to tell the truth.She’s standing there, wrecked but unyielding, waiting to hear something that might save us both.“No,” I say, honest and bare.“You were the only thing I didn’t want to lose.”
Her shoulders fall.That one landed.But I can feel it—it’s still not enough.“I can’t do this again,” she says, her voice breaking.“I can’t love someone who turns vengeance into a business plan.I’ve got Mia to think about.”
I nod slowly because she’s right because I’m still not sorry.“Then think about her,” I say.“Think about how quiet her world stays...when I’m feared more than I’m loved.”
The silence that follows?It’s not empty.It’s filled with everything we want and can’t have.Everything we said and didn’t say.And all the noise we’re both trying like hell to survive.“What is it you wanted to say you couldn’t tell me in front of everyone?”Taylor replies.
I perch myself on the edge of the desk and casually cross my feet and arms.Taylor is so damn sexy when she’s angry at me.She gets angry, not in an uncontrollable rage, but frustrated, where the worst she would do is probably yell or curse at me.
But the make-up sex is so worth it.The way her tight pussy grips my cock as she begs me for more is what wet dreams are made of.It doesn’t help that she’s wearing the perfect outfit tonight – tight jeans, a shirt that doesn’t hide her great tits, and an ass I have spent many hours worshipping.
Taylor’s brown skin is glistening, and she smells like heaven, like peaches and lemongrass, and I suddenly feel my cock going rock hard.Her eyes are fiery yet soft.I know Taylor is simply humoring my ass right now, so I need to get down to business before I set her off and go home with blue balls.
“I wanted to see how you’re doing,” I respond to her, and she mimics my stance.Okay, she’s super pissed at me.
“Now you know,” she shrugs, “can you leave and not come back?”
“Ouch.”I softly reply, and Taylor lets out a sigh.“Big mad, huh?”
“You brought another woman to my business where you knew I would be.You fucked another woman just days after you fuckedmein that new apartment you got for me and Mia.”She rolls her eyes.“And now, since you’ve bribed my employees into letting you talk to me, I have no choice, or I would’ve looked like a Class-A asshole.”She meets my eyes.“So yes, Cameron, I have plenty of reason to be more than a little upset with you.”
