Pure Will by Kristi Pelton Read Free Book Online

haven’t even seen you?” I asked and hated the words once they were out.  That wasn’t what I meant. I was flustered. Damn it. THINK!
    Confusion clouded his face for a moment. “I don’t know! She hasn’t texted.”
    Anger swelled inside of me. “I’ll remind her to do so. And I hope you have shag carpet at your place, it’s easier for her to hold on to!” I said trying to open my door, then he closed it as quick as I opened it.
    His hot breath blew on my neck and sent chills down my body on this 90 degree day. “Do you want me to text her, Camden, because I’m not sure how me just showing up at your apartment would go over. She would think I was there for her. I wouldn’t be. Just a little news flash.”
    I closed my eyes relishing the feel of his body up next to mine. His words were an added bonus. Hearing my whole name come from his mouth did something to me…
    “Do you think for a second I’d hurt you?”
    “No,” I whispered. “But you’re hers.”
    He gripped my shoulders and slowly turned me to face him—his eyes even more piercing than normal in the sun.
    “I’m not hers,” he said with pure conviction.
    “You know what I mean. She had you first. It’s like a friend code. You don’t do that.”
    “Camden. I’ve had more of a connection with you in our conversations about nothing than I’ve ever had with her. And those mean something to me.”
    I knew it.  I knew he felt it too. But I didn’t know what to do…or where to go from here. 
    “I don’t know how to do this, Will.”
    “How to do what?” he asked softly.
    “Like somebody. Get to know somebody.”
    The tips of his fingers dragged the length of my cheek as he studied every inch of my face.
    He swallowed hard then said, “It’s OK. I can take it from here.”
    “But me being mean to guys usually pushes them away. Why do you stay? Why don’t you at least fight back when I say mean things?”
    Only one side of his mouth turned upward. “Camden…why would I push away the one thing in life I want to be close to?”
    I held up my palm. “Don’t. Don’t say stuff like that. I’m not like Kate.”
    He chuckled. “It’s not Kate I’m after and I know more about you than I do Kate.”
    Instantly, I had a feeling he was talking about the things she had said to him about my brother and my walls shot up about fifty feet. Clearly he sensed it because he started talking again.
    “I have an idea. Get in my truck and we go get a drink. You get 10 questions and I get 10 questions,” he offered.
    “When?”
    “Now?” he asked and smiled.
    “Now?”
    “Why not?” he asked.
    I bit down on my bottom lip. He pulled it free with his thumb.
    He motioned for me to come with him…so without thinking for once, I did.

Chapter—Will
     
    With the lift kit I’d put on my truck last summer, there was no way she was getting up there without a lift of her own. So I took the liberty of boosting her up by casually supporting her ass.  Once in the cab, she turned and eyeballed me.
    “If you want to touch my ass that bad, just ask,” she laughed.
    I winked and ran to my side—literally ran. I was taking no chance of her changing her mind.
    I’d never taken a girl back to my house because I knew that would lead to questions. But this was different for me. There was something about Camden…I wanted her to know who I was.
    When we pulled up, her lips parted and she stared at the all brick house.
    “Do you live with your parents?” she asked.
    “No.”
    “Do you work?” she asked.
    Mentally I noted that was her second question.
    “Yes, sort of. I do cross fit competitions.”
    “What is that?”
    Question three. “It’s a series of cross-fit exercises that you do being timed and in competition with others,” I explained and got out of the truck darting around to her side. She was already trying to edge herself down.
    “Just wait for me, please.”
    She smiled. “That’s a hazard,” she said as I allowed her feet to