With a laugh, she sat up to embrace her friend who tightened her hold, lingering for more than a few seconds.This would never have happened without Roxie.No way she’d have been able to navigate the current.Cam was everything, integral too, but Roxie took the question out of it.Loving Cam wasn’t selfish, it was unavoidable.
“Thank you, Roxie.”
“Another win for love.”Her friend released the hug slow and leaned back.“Now tell me you didn’t do that just so you can go back to Cam’s.”
“Why?”she asked, sensing that although it was a tease, there was a whisper of suspicion.“You think we should stay here?”
“Good thing about revealing you and Cam now is we limit the chances of a second wave.”
As she’d kinda thought.“Now they get to be shocked about my existence and my relationship with Cam at the same time.”
“I would never have pressured you to do anything before you were ready, but, yeah, we can work on separating the two.Unfortunately, bombshells are scandal central.Give them one, give them two, they love to ramp up, especially at this time of year.”
“You and Zairn can make up now.”
Roxie’s smile grew.“Why would we do that?”
“The world thinks you’re in trouble.”
The beauty leaned in close to whisper, “What we are is not their business.”
“Cam told me that’s one of your mottos.”
“I love Zairn.”Roxie rearranged Ariella’s hair.“And I love the world knowing I love him.”
Which didn’t support the previous sentiment.“But…?”
“There’s something to be said for him belonging to me and only me.It’s hilarious that anyone could even think there was a chance we weren’t solid.He’s mine and he’ll always be mine.We don’t need to broadcast that for it to be true.”
Huh.“Like I just broadcast my love for Cam?”
“No.”Roxie snatched her shoulders.“No!God, no, that’s not what I was saying.That was very romantic.I guarantee there’s a weepy Jane somewhere in this house right now, probably dampening your boyfriend.”
“Jane’s so perfect.”
“She is.”Pride shone from Roxie.“Though she’d never say that.She’s as damn close to it as possible.”
“A lot to live up to with the Colliers.”She hadn’t given much thought to Cam’s family being in the building.“I rushed into this.”
“No, you didn’t.Don’t pull back now.You love him.Own it.”
“His whole family know his intimate life and—”
“Oh, I guarantee Caspian doesn’t know.”Roxie was solemn in her slow nod.“Someone will pass him a memo at some point, but Caspian will probably forget who you are as fast as he learns.”
“I feel sorry for him working so hard.”
“We all feel sorry for him, honey, but he’s happy, and who are we to question that?”
“Different strokes…”
“Exactly.”Roxie gathered their hands together.“You want to get out of this room?”
“This is an amazing setup you have.Does it follow you everywhere?”
“Kinda,” Roxie said, admiring the view she was absorbing.“It’s always close by, but I may have been known, occasionally, to go old-skool and just webcam it alone.Roxiverse has bumped everything up two hundred notches.It’s nice to have someone telling me the stream’s off… I think maybe Zairn snuck that one in.”
“I remember the Australia stream.”Though she couldn’t have imagined these people would ever be a part of her life.“Was Zairn mad?”
