As I close my eyes and drift to sleep, I try not to think about how I’m falling for my wife…and how destroyed I’m going to be when I lose her.
Chapter 36
Ellie
“Wow. Vancouver Island is so beautiful,” I say as I gaze out the passenger window of our rental car.
Camden is driving along the outskirts of Victoria in the direction of Shawnigan Lake, where Blomdahl and Bella are getting married this weekend.
“It’s stunning, right?” he says. “Every time I come here, the scenery blows me away.”
He speeds down the highway while I stare at the lush evergreen forest around us and the mountains in the distance.
I close my eyes and breathe in the crisp air of the mountains.
“Hungry?” Camden asks. He opens the center console and digs out my favorite brand of organic fruit bars and a bag of sweet potato chips.
My stomach growls instantly. “How’d you know I’d be craving this?”
“I’ve seen you pack those snacks with you when you go to work,” he says. “I wasn’t sure if they sold them here in Canada, so I brought a bunch in case you got hungry.”
My heart tumbles around in my chest. Not only is this man insanely good in bed, but he’s thoughtful enough to notice what my favorite snacks are and pack them for me.
I flash what I’m sure is a ridiculously goofy grin. I can’t help it though. Everything about Camden makes me swoon.
I think back to all the generous things he’s done for his parents. How he bought his dad his dream car. How he took care of his mom’s mortgage and spoils her with trips every year.
He’s a literal dream guy: rich, hot, generous, and kind. And I’m lucky enough to be married to him.
The thought halts in my brain the second it forms.
Fakemarried. This isn’t real. And in less than a year, it will all be over.
I’ll be single and able to date someone else and get married for real.
I can’t ignore the way my stomach twists at the thought.
This marriage with Camden feels real. It feels more real than my relationship with my ex ever did.
Because he’s rocking your world in the bedroom. You blurred the lines between being just friends and something more.
That uneasy feeling settles deeper in my tummy. I should have seen this coming. I should have known that the second I asked Camden to be my sex tutor, I’d start to catch feelings.
“Here we are,” he says, pulling me out of my thoughts.
He drives up a steep, narrow road to a sprawling, modern cabin-style home. He pulls into the driveway in front of a five-car garage and kills the engine.
My eyes bulge out of my head at how huge it is.
He winks at me. “Wait until you see the inside.”
When I walk through the front door, I gasp.
“No way…” I murmur as I gaze around the massive open-concept space. I take in the floor-to-ceiling windows on the far side of the house that offer a stunning view of sapphire-blue Shawnigan Lake and the tree-covered mountains surrounding it.
“Holy shit.”
Camden chuckles. “I think that’s the first time I’ve heard you swear.”
