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Chapter One
Cal
“Will you marry me?”
I swerved.
She clutched my thigh as I got the truck back into my lane.
Thank God no one was beside us.
She looked at me expectantly.
My heart beat out of my chest.
I had to pull over or we were going to wreck.
Marry Beau? Marry? Beau?
I sped a few blocks before finding an open spot on the curb.
“Beau . . .” I took off my seat belt to get some relief from the pressure in my chest, but it didn’t help.
Her fingers dug into my leg like my answer was the most important thing in the world.
I didn’t want her to marry that woman beater, Alex Davenport, but she was desperate.
“Why did you stop? We need to go to Connecticut.”
I scrubbed my forehead. “Why are we going to Connecticut?”
“There’s no waiting period after we get our marriage license. We can do this today.”
What? Today?
“Um . . . that seems impulsive.”
If she took a step back, she’d realize being shackled to me wasn’t the solution.
“I’ll pay off your debt.”
“The hell you will,” I said, my voice rising. The shock was quickly overpowered by anger. “I don’t need your money.”
“I have so much it doesn’t matter,” she said insistently.
Must be nice to never worry about where each dollar went.
“I. Don’t. Need. Your. Money.”
The truth was, I could use it. But I wouldn’t. I’d made financial choices that I had to live with. Ones that I’d take care of. Not her.
“I just wanted to give you something too. So this deal isn’t one-sided,” she said quietly.
Stab. Stab. Stab.
Deal. Like a business deal.
“So what’s the grand plan here? Other than you wouldn’t have to marry that other son of a bitch.”
