Page 91 of Tipping Point

“But last night…” She shakes her head.

Despite my warnings, despite everything I have ever told her, she’s fallen in love with me.

Fuck.

She continues in a whisper, “You said it was me.” She brings a hand to the base of her throat. “You said I was what changed you.”

I frown. I remember London, how thoughts of her had consumed me, how obsessed I was with fucking her.

How I had let her believe her own lie.

“Finn, why are you doing this?”

“Doing what?”I snap at her. I know what she means.

She gestures at me helplessly. She’s honest with her pain. It tugs at the corner of her mouth, brings tears to her eyes.

“Camille, I have been honest with you from the start.”

“Liar.” She touches a fingertip to the corner of my mouth. A tear slips free, runs down her cheek, and she brushes it away angrily.

I do the only thing I can do. I free her from me.

“Did you think you could save me?”

She blanches.

“Save you from what, Finn?”

“I told you, I like to fuck. And if last night is any indication, you do, too.” My voice is low, angry.

An angry blush runs up her neck like wildfire, spreading over her face.

Slowly I watch as the pale shock drains away, gets replaced by anger. Pure fury.

“Finn, you deserve-”

“You don’t know what the fuck you’re talking about,” I hiss as I step up to her, bringing my face close to hers. “You don’t get to decide what I do and do not deserve.”

“Fuck you,” she spits.

Good. Fury erupts inside me, a powerful core of self-hatred boiling over.

I hold up my hands in mock surrender.

“You knew what this was, Camille.”

“Don’t say my name.”

“You knew this in London, you knew it in Japan, in Singapore, and you knew it last night, when you sucked my-”

She slaps me. It echoes around the room.

I turn my face back to hers, a slow, cruel smile spreading over my face.

“My mistake,” she whispers.

I don’t stop her when she leaves to get dressed. I can hear her in the bathroom, where she snatches up her toothbrush and cosmetics. When she storms back into the room, I’m still standing as she left me, back turned towards her.