From its spot on the floor, Cort’s flip phone gave a loud chirp and clatter, and Cort’s head swung toward it, then back to Cam, clearlytorn.
Cam would make the decision easier for him. “You’ll want to get that,” he said dully. He took himself off to the bathroom and locked the door behindhim.
The giant bathroom featured a large soaking tub along with a huge glass-fronted shower tiled in natural stone. Exactly what he needed - to scrub himself clean and forget this entire morning, this entire trip, every second in Kendrick Cortland’scompany.
He turned the water to scalding hot and shucked his boxers before stepping under the spray. His stomach roiled, his eyes burned, and as the stupid tears came, Cam let himself sink to thefloor.
He had to call Sebastian and warn him. He had to fly home immediately - a thought he knew would have terrified him under any other circumstances, but for now made his chest ache moreintensely.
Cam lay his forearms against his bent knees and allowed the water to wash over him. He felt a scream rise up inside him, and remembered Cort’s pool trick -how invincible he’d felt in that moment and nearly all the moments he and Cort had spent together. It had only taken one week for Cort to burrow under his skin this completely, to make him feel important. He had a feeling it would take a lot longer for the memories tofade.
The first clue he wasn’t alone came when a chilly breeze skittered across his wet skin. He lifted his head to see Cort step inside the shower and immediately squat down in front of him, heedless of the water running over themboth.
“The door was locked,” was all Cam could think tomutter.
“It’ll take more than a locked door to keep me out, Cam,” Cort admonished. He lifted a hand to Cam’s face. “I told you I wouldn’t let yourun.”
“It can’t work,” Cam said almost desperately. “It’s always going to be me or Damon, you or Sebastian. We’ll only end up hurting each other. Or hurtingourselves.”
Cort shook his head. “Trust me,” he demanded, bringing his lips closer toCam’s.
Cam lifted his head, pressed his mouth desperately to Cort’s, wishing and wanting, but this time he wasn’t sure he had any more trust togive.
