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Jack Sutton needs a
wife and he needs one now. Jack loved his mother, but she really screwed him
over when she set up her will. If Jack doesn’t have a wife by the end of the
week, he’ll lose control of the largest chunk of voting stock in his company and
will most likely lose his position as CEO as a result.
And Jack’s Aunt Mabry
is waiting in the wings to make sure that the terms of the will are enforced. If
he doesn’t find a wife, she’ll seize control of the stock so she can install her
own son at the helm and she couldn’t care less that her son doesn’t want the job
or that he probably won’t be any good at it.
Enter Kelly Bradley, a
twenty eight year old college graduate with a spot at Yale Law School but no way
to pay for it. Kelly and Jack’s eavesdropping secretary have discovered Jack’s
secret need for a wife and Kelly comes up with a plan to fix both of their
problems.
Just when Jack needs
her, Kelly breezes into his office, introduces herself to his Aunt and cousin,
and hands Jack an offer. She will marry him for a year so that he can retain the
stock that will keep him in control of Sutton Development if he’ll pay for her
to go to law school. Jack has no idea where his beautiful savior came from or
who she is but he’s willing to take a chance to save it all.
The deal may have kept Jack in control at Sutton Development
but his private life quickly spirals out of control. Just when Jack realizes
that he wants more than a year with Kelly, his wealth puts her in great danger
and he is left scrambling to save her life and their future
together.
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Kelly swallowed hard
as she heard Jack’s answer to her ‘proposal.’ She was relieved he was going
along with it, but a tight ball of nerves had been growing in her stomach since
she walked in the room and she felt that ball taking over her entire
being.
Chad, with a look on
his face that promised Jack would be grilled for details later, excused himself
to return to his office. Kelly watched Jack out of the corner of her eye as she
continued to talk to his aunt. She had seen Jack Sutton on occasion coming in
and out of the building when she’d met Jennie for lunch and Jennie had told her
he was handsome, but handsome didn’t even begin to describe the
man.
Jack was tall, at
least six foot three or four inches. He had dark brown hair that curled up at
the edge of his collar. His eyes were a rich, deep brown, almost mahogany, and
his face had chiseled features with a strong jaw. There wasn’t a damn thing
about the man that didn’t sizzle.
He wore a suit, but
even in that Kelly could see that his body was hard and fit under it – his tall,
lean form toned and strong. His intense gaze made Kelly’s breath go ragged and
she couldn’t imagine what it would be like to be alone in the room with him if
he had this kind of effect on her with his aunt and cousin with
them.
Jack sat on the edge
of his desk, legs stretched out and crossed at the ankles in front of him, arms
crossed over his chest. He watched her quietly while Kelly finished chatting
with his aunt.
Kelly wrapped things
up and ushered Aunt Mabry out the door by four o’clock as she made excuses about
Jack needing to get back to work. She closed the door behind his aunt and turned
to Jack. That’s when Kelly felt the ground fall out from under her and her world
tilt on its axis.
Suddenly, she faced
Jack Sutton. Kelly found herself feeling very shaken, to say the least. She
looked up at Jack and realized that, in essence, she had just waltzed into his
office and proposed.
“I can’t believe I
just did that,” Kelly began to pace frantically. She wrapped her arms around her
waist and circled the room.
“Oh God, oh God, oh
God,” she said and she began to feel like she might hyperventilate. She slid
down onto the couch that sat along the longest wall in Jack’s office and tried
to breath but ended up taking in huge gulps of air that felt as if they might
choke her. For the first time since she came up with her hair-brained scheme to
get her hands on enough money to attend Yale Law School by marrying Jack Sutton,
the reality of what she had just done hit her like a ton of
bricks.
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