“So why don’t you simply provide the property now? I’ll pay for it. And we don’t get married,” she stated, wishing she felt the boldness she exuded. She was doing properly in her enterprise, and her dwelling was paid off. She even had a beneficiant quantity in her retirement financial savings, however she didn’t have tons of of 1000’s of {dollars} simply laying round to pay for some property that wouldn’t even be hers on the finish. Nonetheless, she’d sacrifice her monetary safety if she needed to.

“As a result of I nonetheless want a bride.”

“Why don’t you do it the old school method? Meet a girl who places up along with your ass, suggest, the entire 9 yards?” A man like him needed to discover somebody, proper? She sized him up. A girl needed to have chill working by way of her veins to not admire his intense blue eyes, the best way his tanned pores and skin accented his cheekbones and, as his gaze slid decrease, she even appreciated his muscly neck. She’d seen lots of handsome males. Dated a number of of them. However Troy had an attractive vibe that ought to include a roaring siren. An everyday warning signal wouldn’t do.

The amusement in his eyes didn’t contact his lips. “That will take effort and time, two issues I can’t spare proper now. Moreover, our marriage could be merely a formality to get me what I need.”

She leaned nearer. “Which is?”

“I can’t inform you,” he stated in a low voice that despatched shivers down her backbone.

Did he imply that as a result of it’d be safer if she didn’t know? She bit her decrease lip. Possibly it was greatest she didn’t know. Who knew what his kind was able to? A person who needed to lease a spouse didn’t sound like a caring, good man. “Otherwise you’ll have to interrupt my arm?” she requested, discovering it unimaginable to not retort.

“Oh no. I plan on protecting each delectable a part of you proper the place it belongs,” he stated, his gaze touring down her physique and heating her pores and skin.

She chastised herself for reacting to him. Troy embodied all of the fallacious selections about males she’d made in life. His beauty have been most likely the very best factor about him. How else might she describe somebody who employed muscle heads to gather cash? “Nice, so no less than we’ve got that objective in frequent.”

“Glorious. So I take it as a sure?”

She rubbed her arms collectively, considering. A pretend marriage to a pleasant, caring man might be the recipe for heartbreak. However a man whose intentions she knew upfront, not a lot. “I don’t know… what assure do I’ve you’ll save my brother?”

“My phrase. I solely inform you what I can do or what you’ll be able to know. That stated, I’m not going to run to the O’Donnells and make this deal at this time or tomorrow. I would like so that you can marry me first.”

Her abdomen knotted. What assure did she have he wouldn’t screw her ultimately? “That’s blackmail.”

He drummed his fingers on his heavy oak desk. “No. It’s good negotiating. If I clear it to your brother, what assure do I’ve you received’t again away from our deal?”

She rolled her eyes. Part of her reminded herself that her brother had screwed up first, so she didn’t have the higher hand. Particularly if Troy’s assertion that the O’Donnells would go after her or her mom was true. Was it actually price it to depart it to likelihood? “So I’m purported to belief you, however you’ll be able to’t belief me?”

“You want this greater than I do.”

She tasted bile behind her throat. Couldn’t argue with him there. “And also you’ll gamble on my brother’s life.”

“Possibly. However you received’t.”

Crap. The bastard excelled at negotiating. Hadn’t taken lengthy for him to determine her out and know the way determined she was. I could have helped by dashing in with no concrete plan. “Okay, superb.”

“Nice. Now go dwelling and pack up, stunning. We’re going to Vegas.”

“Vegas?”

“Sure. Out and in. We get the wedding out of the best way. Your brother is hiding, so subsequent time he calls you, inform him to not return till I’ve talked to Conor O’Donnell. If he wants money, I can ship it to him.”

She narrowed her eyes at him. Was he used to utilizing his debit card to repair all the pieces? “Cash isn’t the issue. I’ve my life and—”

“Which is why we hop on the non-public jet, get married and return. In fact you’ll have to maneuver to my place tomorrow so we put up an excellent act.”

She quivered. She’d have to maneuver… to his place? “A superb act for who?”

“I’ll inform you when the time comes.”

Too many secrets and techniques. What if this man did medicine? Getting concerned with him could be extra harmful than serving to Miguel. What about Mother? She wouldn’t be in Santa Barbara eternally. She and Aunt Celia would kill one another in the event that they stayed beneath the identical roof longer than a number of weeks. They might solely stand one another for thus lengthy. “I’m unsure about this…” she stated extra to herself than to him.

“You already agreed,” he stated. “Lara, I’m sorry you’re on this state of affairs.”

“Sure, I wager you’re heartbroken over it,” she stated, sarcasm dripping from her voice.

“My resolution will probably be helpful for each of us. And to your brother most of all. I promise I’ll provide you with and your loved ones safety, which is what you want proper now.”

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