Something New (Exile Ink Book 1) by Skylar Hill

Author:Skylar Hill [Hill, Skylar]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-04-04T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

James

There were three things that James became very sure of as he sat there with Cam, waiting for her sister to come out of surgery.

The first was that she was devoted to Evie. He respected this, understood it on a bone-deep level. He’d do anything for Aiden, even though there wasn’t much his brother ever needed from anyone.

The second was that it was clear that it had been a long time since someone had taken care of Cam Ellison. So long that she was wholly unused to the idea, maybe even a little spooked at the thought.

Which made the third thing difficult, because what he was realizing was he wanted to do just that: take care of her.

The look on her face in the elevator—how she’d turned to him for reassurance, the fear in her eyes so clear—all he’d wanted to do was make it better. To ease any pain she’d ever felt or would ever feel again. To protect her from all harm.

It was an entirely new feeling, the strength of which should surprise him.

But he was on the edge of something. He’d felt it even before he saw her. There’d been a spark when he’d seen her work and it had fanned into a roaring kind of flame the second he saw her, flushed and wide-eyed and just so damn beautiful. And now…

She’d been in his bed. In his arms. He’d been in her so deep and hard it was a wonder either of them was walking right now. And that… that was a tough image to shake, even if he wanted to. The length of her neck as her head tilted back, the way his name fell from her lips just before she came, how her curls frizzed up, messy and glorious against the dark linen sheets.

She’d risen from his bed into a nightmare, yet she’d stood strong, even though he could see how terrified she was before she laid eyes on Evie and saw for herself she’d be okay.

Cam Ellison wasn’t just a hell of an artist. She was a hell of a woman.

He didn’t just want her for his Studio. It was so beyond that, so fast, it’d make his head spin if it didn’t feel so right.

Time ticked by, the sun shining weakly through the clouds. Twice, an intern came out to give them updates, and then finally, around ten, Mark came out himself, pulling his scrub cap off and smiling.

“Everything went great,” he said. “She’s in recovery, she’ll be waking up in about twenty minutes.”

“Oh, thank God,” Cam said. “Can I take her home today?”

“Tomorrow,” he said. “She’ll need to get used to her crutches and navigating around school will probably be a pain, but she’s a tough one, isn’t she?”

There was a note in Mark’s voice that puzzled James for a moment, until he glanced at Cam. She was looking at the doctor with a stricken expression, like he knew something she hadn’t expected him to. But he smiled at her reassuringly.

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