A suspicious millionaire disguises himself as a limousine driver to find out what his beautiful young wife does every afternoon, and what he discovers shocks him.
When Eric Montpelier was 18, he decided that he was going to marry Rachel Harrington.
Rachel was funny, beautiful, and bubbly, and luckily for Eric, she felt the same way about him.
Their families were friends, and everyone approved of the union between two wealthy and powerful dynasties.
Eric and Rachel were perfect for each other in every way.
Who could have imagined any ending except a ‘happily ever after’?
But three days before the wedding, Rachel and her three closest friends went on a ‘girls only’ trip to Las Vegas, and on their way back, an 18-wheeler’s brakes failed, and four families were left shattered.
For the first year, Eric lived in a daze. He was sure it was all some nightmare from which he’d wake up. Rachel would walk in any day soon, laughing, and it would all go back to normal.
But of course, it didn’t, and Eric had to come to terms with the fact that his beautiful bride was gone at the age of just 23, and he’d have to carry on, reinvent himself, and make some sort of a life out of the shambles of his dreams.
Eric’s parents didn’t really know what to do to help their suffering boy.
His father encouraged him to come to work for him, take an interest in the business, and take his mind off his grief.
So Eric dedicated himself to his father’s chain of gas stations, and his single-minded drive quickly pushed the already successful business to the top. The only problem was that 10 years later, Eric was still alone.
His father worried, especially after he became ill, and Eric took over the running of the company in its entirety. “Look, I wanted him to take his mind off his grief,” his father said to his mother, “not to live for nothing but business!”
They encouraged him to date and even introduced him to the lovely and eligible daughters of their wealthy friends, but Eric didn’t seem to find any of the ladies attractive.
Then Eric decided to do a spot check on some of their more remote gas stations, just pop in as a customer, and see how the individual service outlets treated their customers.
On his way back after a week of visiting the more remote regions of the Mid West, just a few miles from home, Eric had a flat tire, and when he went to look in the trunk there was no spare…
There was also no cell service, so Eric locked the car and started walking, hoping he’d get to a service station soon.
After an hour’s walk, he spotted a ramshackle old gas station. Finally, he’d get help!
He walked into the dusty store and approached the counter. “Excuse me,” he said, “I had a flat and I don’t have a spare…” The person behind the counter was wearing an oil-smeared mechanic’s overalls and a baseball cap, but when she turned around, Eric saw that it was a beautiful girl.
He started stammering and blushing, but the girl — her name was Marla — thought he was sweet and funny.
She took him out to his car in her truck and insisted on changing his tire.
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