s Point

om the heavens. Her brown eyes are hopeful and fearful all at onc

?" Seraphina gasps.

and my grandfather's insane will. Something holds me back, though. Perhap

y instead. "First, I want t

trembling hands. "Is this r

unt. The figures make her gasp. "I can have fifty thousand

"Fifty thousand?

st, I need you to be honest with me about one t

o. No boyfriend. No time for da

Now I just need to determine if she can

and rise. "I'll be in to

"You can't just offer me tw

ed dollar bill on the table. "For

he money. "Thi

e door. "You'll be hearing f

shirt is still wet with coffee, but I don't mind. I may

Marcus's name appears on the screen. My half-brother doe

ys when I pick up.

Marcus well enough to tell him wher

ther just ca

pull into the parking garage benea

Okay. I was just curious about how the wife hunt

he steering wheel. "I

haven't even been out on one date sin

k that I hadn't even thought about the idiot marriage stipu

s none of your busi

rything. Kane Industries, the penthouse, all of it." His t

ant to say goodbye. Marcus has waited a lifetime for

lies before me through the giant windows. This is home. This is life. M

osing it

here I had left it this morning. I read it once

tion to other human beings. You're a good businessman, but you've forgotten how to be human.. I'm giving you thirty days to find a wife and be marrie

do you discover real love in thirty days? How do you trust another person

How she cried and apologized like the world was ending. How

e question. But a marriage that

hone and di

n Kane. I need you t

you know wha

don't care. Th

. "What sort

r term. Two million dollar pa

what are

the window and glance down at the deserted

twenty-fo

ve ho

ria

chard. My future

e whiskey burns on the way down, but

Seraphina Wells an offer she can't refuse. She

's what I keep

with a text messag

t your offer. Is this reali

being asked. She's considering the money, so she's desperate enoug

me tomorrow night, same p

Okay. But I have to kno

Tomorrow you'll ha

e a contract. In twenty-four hours, I'll have a wife. And in thirty d

t me. Seraphina's face as she stared at that napkin. The h

built. The question is, what am I go

ror in the bathroom. For the first time in y

s," I say to mysel

t believe