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“We both knowyou are not. What’s going on?”

“It’sBrennen Connelly.”

Putting the glassaway, he simply sat there staring at her. “You are insane.”

“That’swhat I told him.”

“BrennenConnelly, the heartthrob of the cosmetics world, a guy who has beenall over the world and racked up enough women to fill a harem, isclaiming that he wants to marry you. What’s his game?”

“I have thesefeelings - God! Kyle, I am twenty-eight and have spent all my adultlife being cool and collected. He came along, and from that veryfirst day, there was this thing between us, and the more time I spentwith him, the more intense it got. I cannot be in the same roomwithout going to pieces. I don’t know what the hell to do.”

“Love at firstsight?” He was going to dismiss it with a snort, but then herecalled that it had been the same for him with Jackie. He had takenone look at her in that ER, and that had been it for him. He hadrushed them into marriage, and he was now facing life without her. Hehad tried to get her out of his mind, but it was not happening.

“This man isnot some ordinary Joe. He is the sole heir to a multi-billion dollarfortune. He is handsome and articulate and will inherit that company.He is high profile, and his mother is a force to be reckoned with.

Not to mention thatyou signed a legal document - Elizabeth Connelly will not sit by andsee her son married to someone outside their circle. Tell me, haveyou thought about all this?”

Picking up the glass,she took a fortified sip. “I told him I need time.”

“Is hepressuring you?”

“It’s notlike that,” She told him softly.

“Then what isit like?”

“I think I amin love with him.”

“Think orknow?”

“I cannotsleep, cannot eat. I have to force myself to concentrate on work. Iwant to be with him, Kyle, and that has never been the case before.I-” She broke off as her phone pinged. “It’s him.”She whispered, pulling the phone out of her pocket.

“Go ahead.”

“Why areyou calling?”

“Why do youthink?” He asked her indulgently.

“Aren’tyou at your dinner party?”

“I have aheadache and am out for a drive. I need to see you, darling. We couldfly out to Vegas and get hitched.”

“No.”

He sighed deeply.“Why are you denying us? I cannot stand this any longer,darling.”

“You need tothink this through-”

“I did. I have.I want to marry you, darling. I need to marry you, darling. If notVegas, then there is a judge who owes me a favor. I could get aspecial license, and we get hitched.”

“What about aprenup?”

“Don’tworry about that-”

“Brennen, youare not thinking!” She walked into the living room. “Whenthis comes to light, I am the one who will be beaten with a bigstick. Your mother will not just sit by and allow-”

“I will dealwith mother. Say you will marry me, please? Don’t make me beg.”

“Then don’t.”

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