Page 50 of Brides and Brothers
Chapter 21
Camille
Camille felt Aiden’s warm kisson her mouth, and his gentle shaking. “Sweetie, you’re usually up by now.”
Camille blinked groggily until the number on her alarm clock came into focus. Seven thirty. She sat with a start, and a dizzy wave hit her. A groan escaped her lips, and she sank back down against her pillow.
“Are you sick?” Aiden asked, wiping the hair out of her eyes. His warm, gentle touch was comforting.
Camille swallowed back the abundance of saliva in her mouth. “I don’t know. I need to go to the doctor and get my thyroid checked. I’ve been so tired lately, and I keep feeling dizzy.”
Aiden kissed her again. “Go ahead and sleep a little longer. The guys have already had some cereal.”
Camille mumbled murderous words about preservatives and nuzzled back under the covers. She could sleep the rest of the day, but her eyes popped open when she remembered something. “You had a conference call yesterday, right? How did it go? I was so tired I couldn’t wait up.”
Aiden propped his head up on his elbow next to her face and chuckled. “Yeah, nine o’clock is oh so late.”
“Hypothyroidism is no joke.” Camille stuck out her tongue.
“Sorry. I shouldn’t have teased you,” Aiden said. “I guess you could say my conference call went well.”
Camille rolled over so she could see him. “What does that mean?”
“It means I won’t have to work as much anymore. I sold my software.”
Camille squealed and threw her arms around her husband. “I’m so proud of you!”
“Thanks,” Aiden said, smoothing back her bed head.
“So what next?” She hoped he’d say something romantic, like he was taking the day off so they could go to lunch, maybe dinner, and definitely Hawaii.
“Well, first, I need your help packing my suitcase. You organized everything so well, I have no idea where anything is.”
“Where are we going?” Camille clapped her hands together.
Aiden laughed sheepishly. “I guess you can come if you want to, but I think you’d go crazy sitting in a hotel room all day.”
Camille’s eyes narrowed. “What?”
Aiden took his pointer fingers and put them on the edges of Camille’s mouth. He attempted to lift her lips into a smile, but the frown remained. “Darling, this is part of the sale. I have to fly to Los Angeles and train this company how to use my software. They’ll test it and market it, and I’ll be given a percentage of future sales, so my training is a pretty significant part of the process.”
Camille fought a wave of nausea. They weren’t going to Hawaii. Aiden was leaving her right when she’d thought she was finally going to see more of him. “How long will it take?”
“Two weeks tops. It’s a big company, but I hope to hire some people up front to get the system down and help me with the training. It shouldn’t be too complicated. Benson will hold down the farm, Easton will take over the office, Cade will check in on Paul and Charlotte, and Daegan and Flynn both agreed to help with whatever you need.”
Camille dropped back onto her pillow. Life knew how to make her spin around so fast she couldn’t possibly know where she’d end up.
“I need to see your smile for the next hour before I go, or I might not be able to leave you at all.”
“An hour?” He couldn’t be serious.
Aiden nodded. He was serious.
“I figured I should get this over with. I can hardly wait to get back home already.”
Camille put her hand over her eyes. She was not going to cry. She was not going to cry.
“Sweetie?” Aiden asked. “Are you okay?”
