All Chapters of A Bet's a Bet, My Love: Chapter 1 - Chapter 9

Cameron still hadn't come home by the next day.The only thing on my phone was a message and a photo Paige had sent in the early hours of the morning."Iris, everyone was having so much fun last night that we drank too much and crashed at my place. Cameron won't be coming home tonight, so don't worry."In the photo, Cameron lay shirtless, passed out on Paige's bed, with the lingerie she'd changed out of right beside him.I stared at the screen for a long time.I typed out question after question, then deleted every one. In the end, they all stuck in my throat.I locked my phone and headed out to pick up my parents from the airport. They were flying in for the wedding.I was standing at the curb waiting for my ride when Cameron's Maybach rolled to a stop in front of me.He lowered the window and waved me over. "Iris, I'll take you."I froze for a moment.But one look at the gridlocked traffic, and I got in anyway.The second I sat down, a heavy, perfumed scent hit me.It was

Once my parents were settled, I went back to the house Cameron and I had bought for after the wedding to pack my things.I hadn't expected it to be so busy.Cameron was standing in the living room on the phone, directing the housekeeper as she carried Paige's luggage inside.He rattled off Paige's measurements from memory."Prepare another set of wedding dresses in these sizes. We'll come in tomorrow to pick one."After patiently walking the sales associate through the styles Paige wanted, Cameron finally noticed me.He hung up. "Iris, perfect timing."Paige's parents are coming to stay for a few days. Pack up your stuff so they don't see it."You can stay at a hotel for now. You'll be getting ready there on the wedding day anyway."The moment the words left his mouth, Cameron paused, as if he'd finally remembered.Last week, I'd asked if my parents could stay with us for a few days, and he'd shot me down with a scowl."I don't like strangers staying in my house. We're adult

Before Cameron could react, photo after photo popped up.In them, Iris wore a satin wedding gown. She was breathtaking.And beside her, in the place that should've been his, stood his archrival, Lucas.Cameron's grip on his phone tightened bit by bit."Isn't that Lucas?" Paige's face showed just the right amount of surprise."How could Iris marry Lucas? When did they even get together?"Everyone knows you two can't stand each other. She couldn't have done this on purpose, could she...?"No wonder she overreacted like that. What if she was just using this as an excuse so she could turn around and marry Lucas..."Every word out of Paige's mouth grated on his nerves.Blind fury stripped Cameron of every last shred of reason.He jumped into the car and floored it.The car tore down the road, leaving a chorus of honking and cursing behind it.But just as he got close to the hotel, the traffic, which had been moving fine, suddenly ground to a halt.Cars even kept cutting in fron

Cameron's shoulders slowly sagged like a prisoner who'd just been handed a death sentence.Deathly pale and unsteady on his feet, he couldn't get another word out.The doors swung shut again, instantly cutting off the commotion outside.* * *Outside the hotel, the relatives and friends who'd watched Cameron get thrown out exchanged looks.The crowd's scrutinizing stares and whispers wrapped around him like thorny vines until he could barely breathe.And just then, the reporters who'd been staking out the hotel surged toward him like a tide."Mr. Weller, why were you thrown out of your own wedding?""Mr. Fenwick landed the Northstar project, and now he's taken your fiancée too. How do you feel right now?"In the past, Cameron's competitive streak would never have let him come out on the losing end.But now, he said nothing. He just stared blankly at the closed doors, lost.Cameron's parents' faces were thunderous.But when they saw Paige rushing over in her wedding gown, Di