Cal's POV

Heat was coursing through my blood as I looked at the beautiful girl next to me.

Our relationship had been tense lately, and I knew that I should be protecting myself. However, I also knew that I couldn't. As soon as I had seen her cry yesterday, I knew it was a lost cause.

Her hurting, hurt me. And I would do anything not to have her feel that way again.

Right now, I wasn't thinking about hurting in any ...