Redeeming You (Before You #2)(53)

Another knock reverberated through the room as Taylor pulled her pants up her legs and retied her halter-top.

“Cam,” Jax said through hollow metal door.

“Yeah?” Cam buttoned his pants and raked his fingers through his messy hair.

“The meet and greet was supposed to start ten minutes ago. We’ve been looking for you since you walked off the stage.”

“I’ll meet you there in five minutes,” Cam said as he brushed her hair away from her face and winked at her.

Jax didn’t respond immediately. “Are you with Taylor?”

Cam turned to look at her and she shook her head. She didn’t want Jax to know about them because he’d tell Alec and even though Alec suspected something, she didn’t want to confirm anything until the tour ended. It was better that way.

“Yes.”

“Are you serious?” she whispered, her eyebrows furrowed in confusion. What was he doing? This wasn’t the right place or time to share this.

“Relax.” Cam grabbed her hand pulling her toward the door. “I told Alec about us this morning. It’s all worked out.”

“Why didn’t you tell me?”

“We were a little busy just now,” he answered with a cocky smirk and then kissed her soundly on her lips. “But I planned on it.” He pulled her toward the door.

“No.” She shook her head. “I’m not going out there. You go ahead. I’ll…um.” She licked her suddenly dry lips and then cleared her throat. “I’ll see you back at the hotel. I’m tired.”

Cam smirked. “Get over it, Tay. It’s not a big deal.”

“To you,” she grumbled as Cam opened the door. He knitted his fingers through hers as he brought her hand to his mouth and brushed a kiss across her knuckles. Her body melted a little more.

As they stepped into the hallway, Jax pushed away from the wall. “What the f*ck?” Jax said heatedly, shaking his head in disbelief as he took in their appearance and their intertwined hands.

Dropping her hand, Cam stepped in front of her shielding her. “I told you I’d meet you there. You didn’t need to wait. I won’t get lost.”

“You actually did it.” Jax raked his hands through his hair. “I didn’t believe it when Bre told me she thought something was going on between you two. I guess I gave you too much credit. I thought you’d actually do the right thing for once.”

“Jax,” Cam took a couple steps, his body slanted forward, his hands clenched at his sides. “This is none of your business, so back the f*ck off. The tour ends in a few days and I stayed out of trouble. As I see it, everything worked out perfectly. The label is happy. You should be too.”

Jax scoffed as he raised his eyebrows. “Really, and how will Alec feel about you hooking up with his sister? I find it hard to believe that he will be okay with it. Your track record and history leave a lot to be desired. He wouldn’t want that for his sister. No f*cking way.”

“Back off, Jax,” Cam repeated through clenched teeth. “You don’t know anything about this.”

Taylor chewed her lower lip, hating the disgust on Jax’s face and the anger permeating from Cam. She didn’t want them to fight about this, but Jax didn’t have the right to interfere with their relationship. It wasn’t his place to dictate who Cam dated. “Alec knows,” she said inserting her body between Jax and Cam in case either of them decided to throw a punch.

“What?” Jax said clearly stunned by her comment.

“He knows that we’re seeing each other,” she reiterated.

Jax’s eyes drifted to Cam. “He does?”

“Yes.” Cam folded his arms across his chest.

“And he is okay with it?” Jax asked, looking between the two of them.

“He accepted it,” Cam answered evasively.

She nodded to Jax indicating her approval of Cam’s assessment of his conversation with Alec. Taylor would have to quiz him about the conversation later in private because this wasn’t the right place or time, but she was really curious about the details. She couldn’t imagine that Alec accepted it as easily as Cam wanted Jax to believe.

Jax exhaled loudly. “I don’t think this is a good idea. It doesn’t look professional for Taylor or you. She signed a contract with Chasing Ruin to keep you out of trouble. Now you’re sleeping together. Not good.” Jax rubbed his eyes with the palms of his hands. “She needs to resign now.”

“No,” Cam shot back almost instantly. “The tour is almost over. She needs to finish so this doesn’t impact her resume. She needs the experience. I don’t want this to f*ck with her future.”

Taylor turned away momentarily to hide the tears threatening to spill down her face. Before Cam, nobody ever cared about anything that might hurt her except for Alec. Miles only cared about himself and whether she fit the role he wanted to her play at any particular second. Her mother barely noticed if she was alive or dead until one of her boyfriends slapped her around, and then her mother only laughed or looked away in disgust if Taylor tried to fight back.

“She should have thought of that before she—”

“Don’t finish that sentence,” Cam warned stepping within inches of Jax’s face. “She doesn’t deserve any of the blame. It was all me.”