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Madison knew better than to push him to make a decision. She sank onto a barstool in the kitchen and took another cookie.
“Honey, you don’t have to move here for me,” her mother said. “I’m fine.”
Yes, she was partly moving there to be with her mom, but she also wanted out of the big city.
“Mom, this is what I’ve been wanting for the last two years. But first, I had to get some experience under my belt. Now seems like the perfect opportunity.”
Reaching across the plate, Adrian tried to take the cookie from her.
“What are you doing?”
“If you’re going to be my fiancée and go to the dances with me, you don’t need to gain weight or you won’t fit in your formal. Besides, I love these cookies. I want them all.”
She put the cookie to her lips. “One of the rules of me attending is that you will furnish my ball gowns and I can weigh whatever I want. So if I gain five pounds from Mother’s cooking, you’re not saying one word about it.”
A grin spread across his face and he reached into his pocket and pulled out his billfold. Pulling out a thousand dollars, he handed it to her. “Is that enough for a retainer?”
“It’s plenty. Next weekend, I think you should take me to dinner. That way, it won’t be a total shock when we show up together.”
“All right,” he said. “Where do you want to go?”
“To the country club, of course. There we’ll get the most tongues talking about us.”
He nodded. “I’ll let you handle all new contracts. Right now, I’m working on two more for cattle sales and three for new construction. Oh, and you’ll have to sign a nondisclosure agreement. Whatever is said and done when we’re together is private. No sharing on social media.”
She nodded.
“Expect to show everyone you’re off the market,” she said, knowing it would be important for people to see they were a couple.
With a shake of his head, he sighed. “All right, but just until we get the gold diggers put out to pasture. At the end of the ball season, we’re over.”
“Agreed,” she said.
Elation filled her. She’d gotten everything she’d wanted, plus a few new dresses.
Sliding off the stool, she hugged her mother.
“Where are you going?”
“I’ve got to find someplace to live,” she said. “And I need to write my resignation letter to the firm.”
Everything was coming together just like she’d planned. Hurrying out the door, she climbed into the jeep, then Adrian came out the door.
“One more thing. I’m not sleeping with you,” he said.
She laughed. “Good. This is a business arrangement. Nothing more. See ya.”
CHAPTER 3
In some ways, Adrian felt like he was dating his sister, but he would never let his sister out of the house wearing the dress that Madison wore tonight.
Damn, but when she stepped out of her mother’s quarters, his mouth had dropped open and he’d stared at her. The dress fit her figure, showing off her full breasts and small waist. And the heels she wore just made her legs look like they went on forever.
Her blonde hair was swept up off her neck, with a few twirls around her face. Blue eyes with long lashes that hinted at laughter or seriousness. And the woman was smart. She’d graduated at the top of their high school class with a full-ride scholarship to Baylor.
Why was she still single?
“Damn,” Blake said. “When did you grow up?”
