Lahat ng Kabanata ng The Fated Fake Marriage: Kabanata 61 - Kabanata 70

I glance at Cameron. Cameron shakes his head. “No, she’s good.”“Nope,” Parker replies. “I’m not breaking protocol.”I nervously take my phone from my bag. “It’s okay.” I hold it out to him.“That won’t be necessary,” a male voice asserts from behind us.We all turn to see a tall man walking towards us with a little girl in his arms. He smiles. “Thanks, Parker, but we have it from here.”Cameron smiles and shakes the man’s hand. “This is Ashley.” He presents me proudly. “And Ashley, this is my brother Joshua, and this is Ellie.”Joshua smiles and I see him do a quick assessment of me before he hides it and shakes my hand. “Hello Ashley. Say hello Ashley,” he prompts the shy little girl.I smile as I watch her. She’s timid like Owen.“Hello.” She smiles sweetly.Joshua is tall—about six-foot four like Cam with crew cut, dark hair and a muscular physic. I swallow the lump in my throat. He has a square Jaw, two-day shadow, and piercing blue eyes, and

I really, really like this girl.“Sure.” He picks up his glass and leads her out the back, and I watch as they close the door behind them.“Oh my God,” I whisper to Natasha and Joshua. “She’s gone out there to give it to him.”Natasha’s face falls. “What? Why?”“He paid her phone bill and she just found out.”Joshua frowns. “How do you know that?”“I was eavesdropping.”Joshua rolls his eyes. “Why am I not surprised?” he mutters with a shake of his head.Natasha comes over to the counter. “Cameron really likes this girl. I haven’t seen him like this before.”“You know who it is, don’t you?” I whisper.“Who?” She frowns.“This is Mrs. Stanton.”Natasha screws up her face. “Who?”“Remember the girl that Cameron met in Vegas years ago when he lost his phone and couldn’t contact her,” I reply. “He called her Mrs. Stanton.”Natasha’s eyes widen and they flicker between Joshua and me. “That’s her?” She gasps. “He was obsessed with that girl.”“Still is by the looks of it,” Joshua adds.Her

I hold the phone in my hand. I’m working tonight and I haven’t told Cameron yet. He sent me a text asking me to come over because he was making dinner. We’ve spent every night together since we hooked up. I dial his number and he answers on the first ring.“Hey, Bloss. How did the dress shopping go?” His voice is happy and jovial.My heart flips in my chest at the sound of his voice. I adore him. “Hi, babe. Tash’s wardrobe shopping was good. We went out for lunch afterwards.”“It seems you have them wrapped around your finger.”I giggle.“Natasha rang me this afternoon and told me not to fuck things up with you.”My stomach drops. I’m the only one who is going to fuck this up.“Cam, I can’t come over tonight.”“Why not?”“I’m working.”“What?” He hesitates as he puts the puzzle together. “At the club?” he snaps.I swallow my nerves. “Yes, I start at ten.”“No!” He pauses for a moment. “I don’t want you going there at all.”“Cam.”“Ashley, I fucking mean it. You do not go there. Call i

The sun peeks through the blinds we didn’t shut properly last night. We’re in the Four Seasons on the top floor. I would call it the Stanton floor because the whole floor was booked just for us for security reasons.I can’t believe how the other half live. And what seems unbelievable is that they are really, really nice people. We had dinner last night in Natasha and Joshua’s suite after the kids went to bed with Adrian, Nicholas, and Jarvis. We drank expensive wine and laughed. I haven’t had so much fun in a long time. The conversation is natural, intelligent, and funny, and I feel like I’ve finally found my people… just as I’m on the precipice of fucking it up.Cameron is sleeping and I sit up and watch him for a moment. What a beautiful man he is. He’s different to his brother. I can tell by the way he is with Adrian and the others, he seems more in tune, but then I suppose that’s a doctor thing. It’s his job to be in tune with people.And he is so in tune with me.I’ve never had t

CameronWe walk into the ballroom and the atmosphere is electric. Tash knows her stuff and these balls are an amazing achievement. Tash and Ashley have clicked and are getting along famously. Even Murph loves her.“What do you want to drink?” Joshua asks us.“I’ll have a Margarita,” Tash replies.“Me, too.” Ash smiles. “My favorite drink. Great picking.”“Scotch for me,” I murmur.Natasha smiles and her and Ash begin to chatter. I’m distracted. I need to find my mother before she gets to Ashley.“Back in a minute,” I whisper in Ash’s ear.“Okay.” She smiles and gives me a squeeze of my hand.I follow Joshua to the bar. “Have you seen mother?”He glances around. “No.” His eyes hold mine in a silent acknowledgment. “Good idea,” he says.My father comes into view as he walks through the crowd toward us. I laugh and shake his hand and pull him into an embrace. I love my father. He’s travelled from Australia to be here tonight. He never misses a function. His flight only landed a few hours