Alison’s first visit to Cameron’s apartment turns a chance walk into a private encounter that changes the terms of her relationship with him. She arrives without warning, discovers that the woman she took for a romantic rival is Cameron’s step-cousin, and, after admitting why she came, moves from anxious apology to mutual intimacy.

Finding Cameron’s Apartment

After leaving the bar where she had met Russell, Alison felt both guilty about wasting his time and relieved that the evening was over. She regretted having thought that pursuing anything with him would be a good idea. Wanting to clear her head, she walked along well-lit streets, past closed shops and busy restaurants and bars, until she reached Clermont Street—the street she recognized from Cameron’s employee file.

Alison had never visited Cameron’s home. Curiosity led her to check the apartment addresses until she found a four-story building wedged between a laundromat and a sandwich shop. She lingered at the intercom, wondering what Cameron might be doing and imagining, among other possibilities, that he could be out flirting with someone. Before she could reconsider, she pressed the call button.

When Cameron answered, Alison identified herself and explained that she was nearby and wanted to talk. He sounded surprised, but buzzed her in and told her he was on the third floor. She climbed the stairs into a hallway that smelled of cleaning supplies, its wooden floor creaking as she walked toward his apartment. The home seemed comfortable and carried the smell of something freshly cooked, details that made the unexpected visit feel more intimate even before Alison had found the courage to say what she came to say.

The Mistaken Rival

Alison’s attempt to speak was interrupted by a sound from the kitchen. Another woman was there, making dinner: the striking woman Alison had previously seen with Cameron at The Cavallino. Alison froze, immediately reading the scene as evidence that Cameron was not pining for her because he already had someone else.

When Cameron asked whether there was a work emergency, Alison said there was not and asked whether the woman was his girlfriend. Cameron’s surprise exposed Alison’s mistaken assumption. The woman was Riko, his cousin—technically his step-cousin—who sometimes came over and insisted on making him food. Alison recalled seeing them together at The Cavallino; Cameron explained that he had taken Riko there for her birthday. What had looked to Alison like proof of a rival was an ordinary family visit, and the clarification cleared the immediate misunderstanding between them.

Confession and Intimacy

Once the misunderstanding about Riko was cleared up, Alison explained that she had gone out for a drink with Russell MacArthur, whom Cameron remembered from the charity auction. She admitted that the date had been an attempt to get Cameron off her mind. The confession gave the unannounced visit a clearer purpose: Alison had come to speak to him because the feelings she had tried to displace had persisted. Still, she apologized for arriving unexpectedly and called the situation unprofessional, bringing their workplace connection back into view even as she acknowledged her personal desire.

Cameron responded not by sending her away but by drawing her close, saying he was glad she had come. His lips brushed her jaw before he kissed her, and Alison’s bodily response overtook the hesitation with which she had entered the apartment. The encounter shifted from a difficult conversation to mutual intimacy. It was their first time having complete sex, and Cameron took a condom from the drawer of his nightstand before they continued. The practical detail sits alongside the scene’s emotional change: what began as Alison’s anxious, impulsive attempt to talk became a private consummation of the attraction she had just confessed.

Afterward, the physical intensity softened into tenderness. Cameron called Alison an affectionate pet name as she reached orgasm, and they kissed while catching their breath. His admission that he could not get enough of her leaves the visit not as a resolved professional dilemma, but as a decisive crossing of the boundary Alison herself had recognized. Her arrival had exposed a mistaken jealousy; her confession and Cameron’s response turned the evening into the beginning of a more intimate relationship.

The Workplace Follows Them Home

The apartment does not keep their attraction separate from the office. During their intimacy, Cameron refers to what he would have done if they had been alone at work, recalling Alison’s ponytail and describing a scenario that she can only meet with speechless surprise before he draws her back into the present. The moment makes the professional boundary she had just called unprofessional feel less like an abstract concern than a tension already charged by their shared history.

The scene closes on a change of register. After the intensity, Cameron calls Alison an affectionate pet name; their kiss softens as they catch their breath, and he tells her he cannot get enough of her. The visit that began with Alison unsure what to say ends in a reciprocal declaration of desire—not a solution to the complications between them, but a clear turn from concealed attraction toward a relationship they have now physically acknowledged.

From Anticipation to Recognition

The intimacy also changes what Alison can see and feel in Cameron: when he removes his shirt, she sees him shirtless for the first time, recalling that several weeks earlier the rain had only let his soaked shirt hint at his build. The contrast between that glimpse and the present closeness makes the encounter a progression from imagined attraction to direct knowledge. Cameron’s condom, taken from the nightstand drawer before they have sex, is a practical detail within a scene otherwise driven by impulsive desire. Later, as the intensity gives way to trembling breaths and a gentler kiss, the visit’s abrupt beginning has become a shared private experience.