Chapter 17
One evening after putting Angel to bed and making sure the nanny was with her, Sofia found the courage to return to Cam’s home, intent on thanking him for his help. How humiliated she felt, to have been exposed at her weakest point when he had only tried to befriend her! She had replayed the scene in his bathroom over and over again, focusing on his discomfort at her wanton behavior as she’d misread his intentions. He had felt only sympathy for her.
This time Cam opened the door before she rang the bell. Their eyes met and locked. “My dear, I had hoped you would return.” For the first time in his adult life, Cam was conflicted by emotions and the desires that he had refused to entertain as an option. He once believed that Auschwitz had permanently shaped the man he’d b
