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“Are you sure you don’t want to come over to the penguin side?” I asked.

“Never. It’s King Julian forever!” She grinned.

Being a husband and a father to the most incredible girls in the world was every man’s dream, and I was living it. Life was perfect, and my family was perfect. The day Emerson James walked through the front doors of my home, my life changed forever. A change that made me the man I was today.

Thank you for reading The Seduction of Alex Parker.

I hope you enjoyed it!

The Negotiation

A BILLIONAIRE ROMANCE

The Negotiation

New York Times, USA Today & Wall Street Journalbestselling author

SANDI LYNN

Mission Statement

Sandi Lynn Romance

Providing readers with romance novels that will whisk them away

to another world and from the daily grind of life – one book at a time.

Prologue

Age7

“You look pretty, Mommy. Where are you going?” I asked as any seven-year-old would, sitting on the edge of her mother’s bed and watching her get ready to go out.

“I’m going out on a date.” She turned to me and smiled as she made up her lips with a red color that brightened her pale skin.

“Can he be my daddy?”

She set down the tube of lipstick, walked over to the edge of the bed, and placed her hand on mine.

“No, sweetie. Remember what I told you. Mommy doesn’t need a man in her life to complete her. Companionship is a good thing. Relationships are not. They only complicate your life in a way that takes away your independence, your freedom, and your self-worth.”

Age10

“Francesca will be here soon, Emily.”

“Who are you going out with?” I asked as I sat on the edge of her bed.

“His name is Xavier, and he’s a nice man.” She smiled.

“If he’s so nice, maybe he can be my daddy.”

“Emily, we’ve been over this a billion times. For someone to be your daddy, I would have to form a relationship with him, which I’m unwilling to do.” She smiled as she tapped me on the nose.

“But why?” I innocently asked.

“Because relationships are doomed before they even start. We’ve been over this before. No good comes from a long-term relationship. Happily ever after is a myth, my darling daughter. You need to remember that.” She placed her finger under my chin. “We Wade women do not let others, especially men, control or wreak havoc on our emotional state.”

Age13

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