der Knight's sudden phone call or the

belong there. I didn't. Not with my thrift-store clutch and secondhand heels.

ll you mak

rves, my palms were sweating, and I kept checking my reflection in the mirror-lined

late

evator

e and gold accents. At the end, a tall man in a charcoal-gr

eno?" he asked,

eah. R

stepped aside. "Mr.

lly did a backfli

windows. Crystal chandeliers. Everything

en I s

er K

other holding a whiskey glass. He was tall-taller than Caleb. Broader, too

s icy blue eyes land

," he sai

wed. "Yo

ike he was mildly a

unsure where to put my hands, my legs, my face. This man was gorgeous. In that in

one leg over the other, and s

the point," he said. "

ed. "Ex

sai

eyes wide. "I just think I'm hall

es

rank? Was Ashton Kutcher abou

y cousin. Which, by the way, is weird as he

ause Savannah is no lo

hat p

in in a drama. "Let's just say I had my reasons for g

s a professional gold digger.

again. "Exactly wh

ot," I said, hands in the air. "You dump Savannah

. "Because you're

on't k

ne my re

wasn't cr

our mother works two jobs to keep the house. You're in student loan hel

at him, s

leb Carter for two years, and th

g now. "Did you hire a private inve

do soci

rse he

efcase on the counter, and returned with a fo

oked

ge Agr

sked, my voice bare

e. We stay married for one year. You get ten millio

n my own breath.

ke he was offering me fr

folder like it

this

ering me ten million

ust got dumped by a man who stil

"This is insane. I can't mar

st solving your family's financial problems. You'd

ed. "Sc

e said, as if that explained anything. "It's complicated. I don't

ust hire a

ame-hungry. Someone who won't s

think t

ate. But you'r

w accurate

llion

debts clean. Pay off my

ll... m

know, be your wife?

eyebrow. "D

ow what

cameras. Sleep in the same penthouse. Share the same na

d a weird l

morrow," he added, stan

hands and walked toward the do

uldn't

it

million dollars to marr

me in weeks... I did