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“My tour is over tomorrow, and I can make my announcement anywhere. Including the ranch.”
“People are going to think we’re a couple.”
“They already do.”
“Ugh! You have an answer for everything!”
“It’s what makes me Alpha CEO.”
She shook her head. “You’re delusional if you think I’m going to agree to this.”
“From where I’m sitting, you don’t have much of a choice. Either you agree to my new terms, or you deal with settling this in court, where I go after full custody of Capri.”
“Wow. Now you’re bribing me?”
“Again, you’ve left me no choice.”
Her stare shifted to her attorney. “Greg.”
“Autumn, I think this is the best it’s going to get. If he does take this to court, there’s a huge chance he will win.”
“How? He doesn’t even know her.”
“I know, but you’re leaving it up to the judge and they could rule in his favor. He has money, and you lied to him about having a daughter— that’ll hold up in court. I’ve seen it happen before.”
Anderson added, “Mr. Locke is being more than fair, Miss Troy.”
“Unbelievable. Now it’s three against one?”
“Believe it, kid. This is your best option. You’ll be there, and you can help me get to know our daughter and her to get to know me.”
“I don’t even know you.”
“Then we can all get to know each other. After we finish the tour tomorrow in LA, we can fly straight from there to pick up Capri. You guys can pack, or I can buy you all new things. We can head back to Texas in the morning.”
“Oh my God, Julian. This is too fast.”
“On the contrary I’m being very lenient with you.”
“You’re being an asshole is what you are!”
“At this point, it’s your term of endearment for me.”
“I hope you can get our daughter to like you, because I sure as hell don’t.”
“I’ll take that as a yes.”
She threw the contract across the table. “I want my own room. Furthest away from yours.”
I grinned, looking at Anderson. “Write it up.”
For the next month, she would be mine. They both were.
And I was going to make damn sure it stayed that way.
Chapter Twenty-Two
—Autumn—
